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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5893 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2023 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following bill; 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to subsequently determined by the 

speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

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

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

9 States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 

10 abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 

11 agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 

12 United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 

13 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 

14 for dependent members of immediate families of employees 

15 stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over16 seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter17 national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 

18 without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 

19 Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 

20 aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 

21 periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 

22 repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem23 porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 

24 payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 

25 first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 


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1 Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 

2 exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 

3 abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 

4 use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to ex5 ceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without 

6 regard to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining 

7 insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

8 $570,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 

10 $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 

11 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith12 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro13 vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head14 ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti15 dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli16 ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 

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

18 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

19 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car20 rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 

21 Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 

22 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in23 clude payment for assessments for services provided as 

24 part of these activities. 


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1 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

2 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

4 national security activities of the Department of Com5 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

6 export administration field activities both domestically and 

7 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

8 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em9 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

11 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

12 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

13 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi14 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa15 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 

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

17 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 

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

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

20 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

21 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi22 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi23 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi24 tation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of 

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


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1 Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec2 tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu3 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

4 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac5 tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu6 tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro7 vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 

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

9 information to the public with respect to the export admin10 istration and national security activities of the Depart11 ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 

12 the United States and other governments. 

13 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

15 For grants for economic development assistance as 

16 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

17 Act of 1965, for grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 

18 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

19 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as 

20 amended, $211,000,000 to remain available until ex21 pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 

22 section 27 and $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec23 tion 28: Provided, That any deviation from the amounts 

24 designated for specific activities in the report accom25 panying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of 


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1 funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 

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

3 this Act. 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of administering the eco6 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

7 law, $43,500,000: Provided, That funds provided under 

8 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 

9 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 

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

11 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova12 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 

13 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

14 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

15 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

16 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De17 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 

18 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 

19 $55,000,000. 

20 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco23 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

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

25 September 30, 2025. 


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1 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

2 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana4 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

5 by law, $300,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro6 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

7 and marketing activities. 

8 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

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

11 censuses and programs provided for by law, 

12 $1,054,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2025: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 

14 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar15 keting activities. 

16 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

20 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad21 ministration (NTIA), $54,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, notwith23 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

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1 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

2 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off5 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

6 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

7 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

8 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

9 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

10 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

11 Government agencies shall remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

14 AND CONSTRUCTION

15 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov16 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro17 priated are available for the administration of all open 

18 grants until their expiration. 

19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

23 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in24 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec25 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 


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1 of the USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

3 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec4 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

5 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

6 2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation 

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

8 That during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of 

9 such offsetting collections be less than $4,195,799,000, 

10 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 

11 That any amount received in excess of $4,195,799,000 in 

12 fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the Patent and Trade13 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex14 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 

15 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

17 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 

18 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram19 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail20 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

21 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur22 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 

23 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 

24 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex25 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 


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1 President submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section 

2 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 

3 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex4 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 

5 result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu6 lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as7 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei8 ther fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided further, 

9 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

10 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for 

11 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

12 further, That in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made 

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

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

15 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 

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

17 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec18 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 

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

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

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

22 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 

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

24 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

25 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 


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1 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

3 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

5 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 

6 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 

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

8 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 

9 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im10 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli11 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col13 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 

14 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend15 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

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

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

18 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as19 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re20 lated to the USPTO. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

22 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

25 Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,019,948,000, to 


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1 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

2 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

4 this heading, $118,511,000 shall be for scientific and tech5 nical research projects, which shall be for the purposes, 

6 and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NIST STRS’’ in 

7 the table entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 

8 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 

9 amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 

10 preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 

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

12 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro13 vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 

14 for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 

15 participants. 

16 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

18 services, $237,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

20 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

21 $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro22 gram. 

23 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

24 For construction of new research facilities, including 

25 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 


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1 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro2 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech3 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

4 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $220,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

7 shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 

8 year 2024 that the Secretary submits to Congress in sup9 port of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub10 mitted with the budget of the President under section 

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

12 each National Institute of Standards and Technology con13 struction project having a total multi-year program cost 

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

15 justification materials shall include an estimate of the 

16 budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 

17 the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

18 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

23 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

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

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


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1 management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 

2 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi3 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 

4 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

5 $3,726,628,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2025, of which, $5,000,000 is for necessary expenses of 

7 designing and deploying the near real-time monitoring and 

8 mitigation program for threatened or endangered 

9 cetaceans authorized by section 11303 of the James M. 

10 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2023 (16 U.S.C. 1391): Provided, That the Administrator 

12 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

13 may not amend or withdraw the North Atlantic right 

14 whale vessel strike reduction rule contained in section 

15 224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect 

16 in Fiscal Year 2022 until such Administrator has fulfilled 

17 the requirements of section 11303(e) of that Act (16 

18 U.S.C. 1391(e)): Provided further, That fees and dona19 tions received by the National Ocean Service for the man20 agement of national marine sanctuaries may be retained 

21 and used for the salaries and expenses associated with 

22 those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 

23 United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 

24 $355,081,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 

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1 search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall 

2 only be used for fishery activities related to the 

3 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Col4 lections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Train5 ing; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and 

6 Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, 

7 That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be for payment to 

8 the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund’’: 

9 Provided further, That of the $4,104,709,000 provided for 

10 in direct obligations under this heading, $3,726,628,000 

11 is appropriated from the general fund, $355,081,000 is 

12 provided by transfer, and $23,000,000 is derived from re13 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

14 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

15 $56,999,000 shall be used for Coastal Zone Management 

16 projects, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 

17 amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NOAA CZM’’ in the table 

18 entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report ac19 companying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 

20 made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 

21 proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Pro22 vided further, That any deviation from the amounts des23 ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 

24 this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro25 vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 


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1 to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro2 vided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 

3 expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protec4 tion and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the 

5 medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 

6 under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 

7 55), such sums as may be necessary. 

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

10 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

11 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 $1,653,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, except that funds provided for acquisition and con14 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili15 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

16 of the $1,666,630,000 provided for in direct obligations 

17 under this heading, $1,653,630,000 is appropriated from 

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

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

22 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

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1 tification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary 

2 submits to Congress in support of the Department of 

3 Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 

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

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

8 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include 

9 an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 

10 project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

11 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

12 For necessary expenses associated with the restora13 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re14 main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, 

15 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

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

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

21 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

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

24 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 

25 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 


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1 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 

2 Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 

3 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 

4 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 

5 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 

6 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 

7 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

8 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

9 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

11 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

15 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2023, obligations of direct 

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

17 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi18 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

19 Act of 1936. 

20 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

23 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

24 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa25 tion, $80,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the DeVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Oct 26, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5893.IH H5893

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1 partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 

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

3 to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart4 ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 

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

6 reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 

7 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 

8 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 

9 available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 

10 prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 

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

12 heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 

13 that threaten life or property. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $49,598,000. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

21 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart22 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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


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1 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

2 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

3 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

4 public interest. 

5 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria6 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

7 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

10 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

11 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

12 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria13 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De14 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be15 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

16 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans17 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

18 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec19 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga20 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce21 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

22 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap23 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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

25 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 


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1 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

2 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

8 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 

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

10 $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 

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

12 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se13 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 

14 for the Space Weather Follow-On Program is 

15 $692,800,000. 

16 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in18 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 

19 and security services) necessary to support the operation, 

20 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 

21 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 

22 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 

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

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1 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 

2 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis3 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non4 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 

5 for services provided under this section or the authority 

6 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author7 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria8 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

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

10 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog11 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac12 tivity over its networks. 

13 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

14 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

15 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim16 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip17 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

19 local government, Indian Tribal Government, Territory, or 

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

21 any foreign government or international organization, for 

22 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

23 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos24 pheric Administration. 


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

3 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

4 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

5 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

21 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

22 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na23 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper24 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2024, for such purposes: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Oct 26, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5893.IH H5893

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

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

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

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

7 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 

8 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

9 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

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

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

13 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

14 which such amounts have been made available. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com16 merce Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $113,000,000, of which 

7 $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2024, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security 

9 and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech14 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

16 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

18 available to the Department of Justice for information 

19 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter20 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur21 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

22 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

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

24 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

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


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1 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

2 procedures set forth in that section. 

3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of im6 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im7 migration Review, $760,000,000, of which $4,000,000 

8 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

9 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

10 Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 

11 $50,000,000 of the total amount made available under 

12 this heading shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2027, for build-out and modifications of courtroom space: 

14 Provided further, That the Executive Office for Immigra15 tion Review shall implement case performance metrics 

16 that are linked to performance evaluations for individual 

17 immigration judges. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General, $142,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

21 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char22 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re23 main available until September 30, 2024. 


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1 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

4 Commission as authorized, $14,238,000: Provided, That, 

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

9 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

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

16 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

19 the District of Columbia, $938,500,000, of which not to 

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

21 information technology projects, including cybersecurity 

22 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 

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

24 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 

25 $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 


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1 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex2 ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 

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

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

7 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

8 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

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

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

12 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 

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

14 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 

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

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

20 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

21 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

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

24 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per25 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Oct 26, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5893.IH H5893

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1 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

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

3 shall remain available until expended. 

4 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De5 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

6 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

7 $31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 

8 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 

9 expended. 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

11 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti12 trust and kindred laws, $192,776,000, to remain available 

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

14 available for official reception and representation ex15 penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, not to exceed $192,776,000 of offsetting col17 lections derived from fees collected for premerger notifica18 tion filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im19 provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of 

20 the year of collection, shall be retained and used for nec21 essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 

22 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

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1 cal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 

2 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

4 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

5 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop6 erative agreements, $2,312,000,000: Provided, That of the 

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

8 available for official reception and representation ex9 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 

10 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

11 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par12 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

13 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

15 Program, as authorized, $239,000,000, to remain avail16 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

17 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 

18 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 

19 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 

20 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi21 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre23 tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 

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1 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria2 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

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

4 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 

5 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi6 tors, exceed $255,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 

7 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 

8 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

9 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 

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

11 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi12 tors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

13 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de14 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 

15 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 

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

17 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

18 $9,000,000. 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

20 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

22 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

24 States Code, $2,504,000. 


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1 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

2 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

3 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

4 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad5 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

17 Act. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

19 SERVICE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

22 Service, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec23 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

24 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

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1 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

2 General may transfer up to $8,000,000 to the Community 

3 Relations Service, from available appropriations for the 

4 current fiscal year for Salaries and Expenses, General 

5 Legal Activities, as may be necessary to respond to such 

6 circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu7 ant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re8 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

9 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli10 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

11 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

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

15 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

16 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar19 shals Service, $1,715,700,000, of which not to exceed 

20 $20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 CONSTRUCTION

24 For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 

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1 oner holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

4 For necessary expenses related to United States pris5 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

7 Code, $2,125,724,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid9 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce10 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

11 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

12 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

13 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 

14 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

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

19 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys20 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

21 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter22 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir23 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

24 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

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1 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

2 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir3 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

4 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram5 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail6 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

7 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK

10 FORCES

11 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves12 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

13 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

14 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or15 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter16 governmental agreements with State and local law en17 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros18 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

19 crime and drug trafficking, $555,458,000, of which 

20 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

22 under this heading may be used under authorities avail23 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria24 tion. 


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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

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

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

7 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip12 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

13 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili14 ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

15 law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 

16 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

17 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

18 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

19 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That such amount shall be used for a second DNA 

21 laboratory: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, unobligated balances from prior 

23 year appropriations made available under Federal Bureau 

24 of Investigation, Construction, for a new headquarters, 


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

2 of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building. 

3 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad7 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un8 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

9 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex10 penses for conducting drug education and training pro11 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici12 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

13 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

14 $2,760,924,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

16 shall be available for official reception and representation 

17 expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 

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

19 reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 

20 Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic21 tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 

22 to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 

23 with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver24 sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 

25 laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 


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1 fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 

2 to public health or the environment: Provided further, 

3 That $50,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 

4 ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ for 

5 competitive grants to State and local law enforcement 

6 agencies for the purpose of investigating illicit activities 

7 related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, 

8 fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, and the unlawful dis9 tribution of prescription opioids. 

10 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

11 EXPLOSIVES

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To14 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

15 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse16 ment, including training in connection with the training 

17 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

18 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as19 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

20 or without reimbursement, $1,531,071,000, of which not 

21 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep22 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

23 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

24 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 

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1 pended: Provided, That no funds made available by this 

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

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

4 Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Depart5 ments: Provided further, That not more than 40 percent 

6 of the amounts made available under this heading may 

7 be obligated unless processing times for National Fire8 arms Act applications do not exceed 120 days in the case 

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

10 applications. 

11 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

15 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

16 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

17 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

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

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

20 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 

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

22 2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap23 propriation for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs–Research, 

24 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for the National Institute of 

25 Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities 


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1 related to the First Step Act of 2018 (‘‘First Step Act’’): 

2 Provided further, That the Attorney General may transfer 

3 to the Department of Health and Human Services such 

4 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 

5 that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal 

6 penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That 

7 the Director of the Federal Prison System, where nec8 essary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fis9 cal intermediary claims processor to determine the 

10 amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 

11 Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com12 mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro13 vided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 

14 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro15 vided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re16 main available until expended for necessary operations: 

17 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con18 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

20 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

21 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed22 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv23 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

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1 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

2 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre3 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili4 ties: Provided further, That no amounts under this head5 ing available for programs and activities related to the 

6 First Step Act may be transferred, or otherwise made 

7 available, to or for administration by the Department of 

8 Labor. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 

11 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 

12 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

13 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

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

18 force account, $273,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which $135,000,000 shall be available only for 

20 costs related to reconstruction and major repairs to facili21 ties with geological and seismic deficiencies: Provided, 

22 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

23 work performed under this appropriation. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

2 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here3 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

4 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

5 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit6 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

9 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

11 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

13 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

14 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

15 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com16 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

17 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys18 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

19 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account20 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

21 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

22 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui23 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

24 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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


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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

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

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

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

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

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

24 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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1 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

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

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

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

5 Law 115–392); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 

6 (Public Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); and the Violence 

7 Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division 

8 W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for re9 lated victims services, $700,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided— 

11 (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio12 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

13 1968 Act, and any authorized, applicable incentive 

14 funding amounts with respect to such grants; 

15 (2) $46,000,000 is for transitional housing as16 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat17 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

18 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

19 (3) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro20 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

21 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

22 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

23 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

24 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as25 sistance to middle and high school students through 


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1 education and other services related to such violence, 

2 of which $3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in 

3 preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

4 assault, and stalking: Provided, That 10 percent of 

5 the total amount available for this grant program 

6 shall be available for grants under the program au7 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

8 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

9 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

10 program; 

11 (4) $60,500,000 is for grants to encourage ar12 rests and otherwise improve the criminal justice re13 sponse to domestic violence as authorized by part U 

14 of title I the 1968 Act, of which $8,000,000 is for 

15 an initiative to promote effective policing and pros16 ecution responses to domestic violence, dating vio17 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evalua18 tion of the effectiveness of funded interventions 

19 (‘‘Policing and Prosecution Initiative’’); and 

20 $1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu21 tion and investigation of online abuse and harass22 ment (‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online 

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

24 and (d) of section 2101 of the 1968 Act shall not 

25 apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initiative or 


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1 the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse 

2 Initiative; 

3 (5) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 

4 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

5 1994 Act; 

6 (6) $15,500,000 is for grants to protect in7 mates and safeguard communities as authorized by 

8 section 6 of PREA: Provided, That such funds may 

9 be transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce10 ment Assistance’’ for administration by the Office of 

11 Justice Programs; 

12 (7) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 

13 Line to provide remote services to deaf victims of 

14 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

15 and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 

16 grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

17 shall apply to this service line; 

18 (8) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

19 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

20 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

21 (9) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

22 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

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

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1 versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 

2 colleges and universities; 

3 (10) $50,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic4 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

5 (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami6 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

7 1301 of the 2000 Act; 

8 (12) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

9 services to end violence against, and abuse of, 

10 women in later life, as authorized by section 40801 

11 of the 1994 Act; 

12 (13) $12,000,000 is for education and training 

13 to end violence against, and abuse of, women with 

14 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

15 2000 Act; 

16 (14) $2,500,000 is for research, evaluation, and 

17 statistics of violence against women and related 

18 issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on 

19 Violence Against Women, of which, $1,000,000 is 

20 for analysis and research on violence against Indian 

21 women, including as authorized by section 904 of 

22 the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be 

23 transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement 

24 Assistance’’ for administration by the Bureau of 

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1 (15) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

2 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

3 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

4 the 1994 Act; 

5 (16) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

6 that provides training and technical assistance on 

7 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

8 and Alaska Native women; 

9 (17) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist 

10 Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 

11 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 

12 the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 

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

14 shall apply to grants made under such programs: 

15 Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for an initiative 

16 to support cross-designation of Tribal prosecutors as 

17 Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 

18 Provided further, That the definitions and grant con19 ditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 

20 to such initiative; 

21 (18) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 

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

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1 (19) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 

2 under section 205 of division W of the 2022 Act (the 

3 ‘‘Abby Honold Act’’); 

4 (20) $5,000,000 is for grants to State and 

5 Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot 

6 programs; 

7 (21) $20,000,000 is for grants to support ac8 cess to sexual assault nurse examinations, as author9 ized by section 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Pro10 vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of 

11 the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and for 

12 regional sexual assault investigative training acad13 emies; and 

14 (22) $10,000,000 is for local law enforcement 

15 grants for prevention, enforcement, and prosecution 

16 of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by 

17 sections 1401 and 1402 of the 2022 Act: Provided, 

18 That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the 

19 1994 Act shall apply to this program. 

20 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

21 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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


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

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

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

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

5 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro6 tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

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

8 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

10 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

11 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic12 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

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

14 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

15 Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se16 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

17 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

18 199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In19 tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); 

20 the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 

21 the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 

22 Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 

23 Law 110–416); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

25 the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 


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1 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Re2 authorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin 

3 and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115–141) 

4 (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the STOP School Violence 

5 Act of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 

6 (‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 

7 2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 

8 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 

9 Law 115–271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act 

10 of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); the Matthew Shepard and 

11 James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 

12 111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

13 401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act 

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

15 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 

16 Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and other pro17 grams, $2,477,910,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, of which— 

19 (1) $35,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

20 programs, as authorized by part C of title I of the 

21 1968 Act; 

22 (2) $25,000,000 is for research, development, 

23 and evaluation programs, of which $8,000,000 is for 

24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for 

25 Criminal Justice Purposes grants; 


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1 (3) $670,510,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me2 morial Justice Assistance Grant program as author3 ized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 

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

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

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

7 this Act), including grants authorized by section 

8 502(b)(1), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 

9 1— 

10 (A) $30,000,000 is for the Patrick Leahy 

11 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, 

12 as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 

13 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 

14 transferred directly to the National Institute of 

15 Standards and Technology’s Office of Law En16 forcement Standards for research, testing, and 

17 evaluation programs; 

18 (B) $20,000,000 is for a competitive 

19 matching grant program for purchases of body20 worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal law 

21 enforcement; and 

22 (C) $214,463,000 is for Byrne Justice 

23 projects to assist State, local, and Tribal law 

24 enforcement efforts to enforce laws, address vio25 lent crime, increase prosecutions, improve the 


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1 criminal justice system (including the correc2 tional system), provide victims’ services, and 

3 other related activities, which shall be for the 

4 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 

5 ‘‘DOJ-OJP Byrne’’ in the table entitled, ‘‘Com6 munity Project Funding’’, in the report accom7 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 

8 may not be transferred for any other purpose; 

9 (4) $234,000,000 is for the State Criminal 

10 Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

11 241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

13 (5) $95,000,000 is for victim services programs 

14 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

15 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 

16 TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 

17 Public Law 113–4, of which, $4,000,000 is for 

18 grants to prevent the trafficking of girls; 

19 (6) $95,000,000 is for grants to States to up20 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

21 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys22 tem, of which no less than $25,500,000 shall be for 

23 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im24 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

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1 (7) $195,000,000 is for DNA-related and foren2 sic programs and activities, of which— 

3 (A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes au4 thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 

5 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 

6 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 

7 Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per8 cent of funds made available under this para9 graph may be used for the purposes described 

10 in the DNA Training and Education for Law 

11 Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

12 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

13 section 303); and 

14 (B) $55,000,000 is for community-based 

15 grant programs to improve the response to sex16 ual assault and assistance for investigation and 

17 prosecution of related cold cases; 

18 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants for wrongful con19 viction review and for the purposes described in the 

20 Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing 

21 Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412); 

22 (9) $35,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

23 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

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

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1 (10) $80,000,000 is for assistance to Indian 

2 Tribes, of which— 

3 (A) $31,500,000 is for improving Tribal 

4 law enforcement, including hiring, equipment, 

5 training; 

6 (B) $14,000,000 is for a Tribal Youth 

7 Program; and 

8 (C) $3,000,000 is to support the Tribal 

9 Access Program; 

10 (11) $115,000,000 is for offender reentry pro11 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 

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

13 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 

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

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

16 which— 

17 (A) $19,000,000 is for the justice reinvest18 ment initiative, as implemented in fiscal year 

19 2014, for activities related to criminal justice 

20 reform and recidivism reduction: Provided, That 

21 no funds are used to support initiatives that 

22 promote the closing and repurposing of youth 

23 detention facilities; 

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

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1 as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 

2 Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 

3 116–281); and 

4 (C) $5,000,000 is for grants to enhance 

5 and maintain parental and family relationships 

6 for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi7 vism reduction strategy; 

8 (12) $445,000,000 is for comprehensive opioid 

9 use reduction activities, including as authorized by 

10 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

11 address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis12 orders consistent with underlying program authori13 ties, of which— 

14 (A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 

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

16 of the 1968 Act; 

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

18 courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro19 gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 

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

21 Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re22 authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 

23 (Public Law 110–416); 

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1 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

2 1968 Act; 

3 (D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat4 ment courts program; 

5 (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon6 itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 

7 chemical products; and 

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

9 opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 

10 program, of which— 

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

12 and regional efforts to prevent substance 

13 use and misuse: Provided, That priority is 

14 given to non-profit organizations imple15 menting comprehensive approaches to com16 batting substance abuse, including inves17 tigations, treatment, and education; 

18 (ii) $17,000,000 is for forensic sup19 port for opioid and synthetic drug inves20 tigations; and 

21 (iii) $12,500,000 is for an initiative 

22 relating to youth affected by opioids, stim23 ulants, and substance use disorder; 

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1 poses authorized under the STOP School Violence 

2 Act; 

3 (14) $3,000,000 is for grants to State and local 

4 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 

5 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of6 fenses involving civil rights, as authorized by the 

7 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reau8 thorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 

9 (15) $55,000,000 is for formula grants author10 ized by section 221 of the 1974 Act; 

11 (16) $107,000,000 is for youth mentoring 

12 grants; 

13 (17) $41,000,000 is for programs authorized by 

14 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, of which 

15 $4,000,000 is for grants to improve the judicial sys16 tem’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases, as 

17 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

18 (18) $15,000,000 is for the court-appointed 

19 special advocate program, as authorized by section 

20 217 of the 1990 Act; 

21 (19) $130,400,000 is for missing and exploited 

22 Americans programs, of which— 

23 (A) $42,000,000 is for missing and ex24 ploited children activities, as authorized by sec25 tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (exVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Oct 26, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5893.IH H5893

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1 cept that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO2 TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

3 110–401) shall not apply for purposes of this 

4 Act); 

5 (B) $52,000,000 is for Internet crimes 

6 against children task forces, as authorized by 

7 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008; 

8 (C) $18,000,000 is for sex offender man9 agement assistance, as authorized by the Adam 

10 Walsh Act, and related activities, of which 

11 $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Pub12 lic Website; 

13 (D) $6,000,000 is for the operation, main14 tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 

15 and Unidentified Persons System; 

16 (E) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized 

17 under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 

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

19 (F) $2,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri20 cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 

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

22 and 

23 (G) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 

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1 thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 

2 (Public Law 115–401). 

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

4 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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

7 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub8 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 

9 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 

10 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 

11 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com12 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2024, including 

13 changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 

14 weightings, and the application review process. 

15

16 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

19 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in21 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail22 able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au23 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu24 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

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1 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina2 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

3 require additional funding for such disability and edu4 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

5 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail6 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

7 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

8 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro9 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

10 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

11 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

12 set forth in that section. 

13 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

14 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con17 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

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

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

20 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

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

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

23 37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 

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

25 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 


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1 Law 115–271); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

2 Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

3 185); and the Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis 

4 Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC Act’’), 

5 $670,606,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That any balances made available through prior 

7 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

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

9 amount provided under this heading— 

10 (1) $330,950,000 is for grants under section 

11 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

12 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

13 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not14 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Provided, 

15 That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 

16 (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring 

17 a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 

18 $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Com19 munity Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver 

20 from this limitation: Provided further, That of the 

21 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

22 $100,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement ac23 tivities associated with the presidential nominating 

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1 (2) $50,000,000 is for regional information 

2 sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 

3 of the 1968 Act, which may be transferred to and 

4 merged with ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As5 sistance’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 

6 Programs; 

7 (3) $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, 

8 mental health program activities, and other support 

9 services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and 

10 part W of title I of the 1968 Act; 

11 (4) $20,000,000 is for a grant program for 

12 State and local law enforcement to provide officer 

13 training on responding to individuals with mental ill14 ness or disabilities and for co-responder teams and 

15 an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative on 

16 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and 

17 Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability 

18 (VALOR); 

19 (5) $12,890,000 is for activities authorized by 

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

21 (6) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 

22 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

23 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

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

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1 (7) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized under 

2 the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization 

3 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185), which may be 

4 transferred to and merged with ‘‘State and Local 

5 Law Enforcement Assistance’’ for administration by 

6 the Office of Justice Programs, of which, 

7 $8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative, in8 cluding assistance for law enforcement; and 

9 (8) $173,766,000 is for a law enforcement tech10 nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 

11 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci12 fied for ‘‘DOJ-COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled, 

13 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom14 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 

15 not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 

16 further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 

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

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

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

22 available in this title for official reception and representa23 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

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1 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re2 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

6 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro7 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu8 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

9 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

13 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re14 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris15 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in16 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

17 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin18 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil19 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

20 Prisons. 

21 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De23 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be24 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex25 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 


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

2 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

4 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com5 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro6 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol7 lowing— 

8 (1) paragraph (23) under the heading ‘‘State 

9 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 

10 (2) paragraph (4) under the heading ‘‘Commu11 nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 

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

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

14 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

15 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

16 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

17 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

19 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

20 such a prisoner. 

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

22 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele23 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec24 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

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1 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main2 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

3 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

4 programs. 

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

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

7 enhanced information technology program having total es8 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un9 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re10 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

12 information technology program has appropriate program 

13 management controls and contractor oversight mecha14 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

15 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

16 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

17 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi18 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

20 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

21 this title in previous years. 

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

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

24 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

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1 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

2 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

3 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

4 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

6 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

7 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

8 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

10 United States Code. 

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

12 to funds made available under this title for grant or reim13 bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio14 lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce15 ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 

16 Services’’— 

17 (1) up to 1 percent of funds may be transferred 

18 to and merged with funds provided to the National 

19 Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Sta20 tistics, to be used for program evaluation purposes; 

21 and 

22 (2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be 

23 transferred to the Office of Inspector General and 

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1 auditing purposes associated with programs adminis2 tered under such accounts. 

3 (b) This section shall not apply to— 

4 (1) paragraph (3)(C) under the heading ‘‘State and 

5 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; 

6 (2) paragraph (8) under the heading ‘‘Community 

7 Oriented Policing Services’’; or 

8 (3) any program for which funds are otherwise avail9 able, or authorized to be made available, by law for the 

10 purposes designated in subsection (a). 

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

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

15 for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 for the following pro16 grams, waive the following requirements: 

17 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

18 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

19 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

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

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

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

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

2 such Act. 

3 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

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

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

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

9 or any other Act. 

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

11 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back12 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

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

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

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

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

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

23 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

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

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

5 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

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

7 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and 

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

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

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

13 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga14 tion during fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, 

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

16 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 

4 issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 

5 training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 

6 by alternatives. 

7 SEC. 219. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of law, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue— 

10 (1) an Environmental Impact Statement and 

11 Record of Decision for the proposed Federal Bureau 

12 of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Kentucky, 

13 substantially in the form of the Record of Decision 

14 issued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons on April 

15 12, 2018; and 

16 (2) all studies, statements, and other authoriza17 tions that are necessary for the construction, oper18 ation, and maintenance of the proposed Federal Bu19 reau of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Ken20 tucky, substantially in the form approved in the 

21 Record of Decision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 

22 dated April 12, 2018. 

23 (b) The actions of the Attorney General and Director 

24 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for 

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1 Bureau of Prisons facility in Letcher County, Kentucky 

2 shall not be subject to judicial review. 

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

4 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

7 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

9 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and rental 

10 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

11 $5,544,000. 

12 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

13 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun14 cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 

15 100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec17 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

18 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

19 $1,865,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 

21 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 

22 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 

23 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na24 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 


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1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

2 SCIENCE

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 in the conduct and support of science research and devel5 opment activities, including research, development, oper6 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa7 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

8 and communications activities; program management; per9 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

10 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

11 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

12 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

13 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

14 aircraft, $7,380,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2025. 

16 AERONAUTICS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

19 development activities, including research, development, 

20 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

21 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con22 trol, and communications activities; program manage23 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

24 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

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1 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

2 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

3 administrative aircraft, $945,800,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2025. 

5 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

8 and development activities, including research, develop9 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

10 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space11 craft control, and communications activities; program 

12 management; personnel and related costs, including uni13 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

14 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex15 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

17 mission and administrative aircraft, $1,205,000,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 

19 That $227,000,000 shall be for On-orbit Servicing, As20 sembly, and Manufacturing 1: Provided further, That 

21 $110,000,000 shall be for the development, production, 

22 and demonstration of a nuclear thermal propulsion sys23 tem, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be for reac24 tor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 

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1 shall be for non-nuclear systems development and acquisi2 tion planning: Provided further, That, not later than 180 

3 days after the enactment of this Act, the National Aero4 nautics and Space Administration shall provide a plan for 

5 the design of a flight demonstration. 

6 EXPLORATION

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 in the conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Develop9 ment activities, including research, development, oper10 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa11 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

12 and communications activities; program management; per13 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

14 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

15 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

16 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

17 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

18 aircraft, $7,971,091,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That not less than 

20 $1,225,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 

21 Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

22 $2,506,100,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 

23 (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 

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1 neously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, in2 cluding for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: 

3 Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 

4 not less than $600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B 

5 development including the Exploration Upper Stage and 

6 associated systems including related facilitization, to sup7 port an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch in 2025 

8 in addition to the planned Block 1 missions for Artemis 

9 I through Artemis III: Provided further, That 

10 $794,200,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems 

11 and associated Block 1B activities, including up to 

12 $501,800,000 for a second mobile launch platform: Pro13 vided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 

14 Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

16 concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year 

17 budget profile for an integrated system that includes the 

18 SLS, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associ19 ated ground systems that will ensure a crewed launch as 

20 early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 

21 for a sustained launch cadence that contemplates the use 

22 of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an 8.4 meter fair23 ing and associated ground systems: Provided further, That 

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1 SPACE OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

4 and development activities, including research, develop5 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space6 craft control, and communications activities, including op7 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re8 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

9 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow10 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

13 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad14 ministrative aircraft, $4,344,609,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2025. 

16 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

17 MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

20 education research and development activities, including 

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

22 program management; personnel and related costs, includ23 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec24 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

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1 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

2 of mission and administrative aircraft, $89,000,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2025, of which 

4 $29,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

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

6 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro7 gram. 

8 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 

11 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

12 research and development activities, including research, 

13 development, operations, support, and services; mainte14 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

15 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

16 program management; personnel and related costs, includ17 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec18 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

19 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

20 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen21 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte22 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air23 craft, $3,135,451,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That if available balances in 

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1 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse2 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 

3 such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 

4 Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

5 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart6 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel7 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

8 1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to $1,000,000 shall be 

9 available from amounts made available under this heading 

10 to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 

11 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

12 $36,261,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

13 amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA-SSMS’’ in the table enti14 tled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom15 panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 

16 made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 

17 proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 

18 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

19 RESTORATION

20 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

21 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi22 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad23 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

24 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

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1 ance and restoration, $247,900,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2029: Provided, That proceeds from 

3 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

5 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

6 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail7 able for obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not 

8 to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 

9 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

10 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col11 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

12 Code. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

16 $47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

17 until September 30, 2025. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

21 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

22 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

23 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

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1 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap2 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

3 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans4 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ5 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac6 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 15 

7 percent and any funds transferred to or within ‘‘Explo8 ration’’ for Exploration Ground Systems shall not increase 

9 Exploration Ground Systems by more than $49,300,000. 

10 Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 

11 for the same purposes and the same time period as the 

12 appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursu13 ant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming 

14 of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 

15 available for obligation except in compliance with the pro16 cedures set forth in that section. 

17 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro18 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra19 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 

20 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023 

21 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 

22 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro23 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

24 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 

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1 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

2 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com3 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

4 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro5 vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra6 tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 

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

8 amount established in that spending plan that meets the 

9 notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 

10 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

11 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

12 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

13 section. 

14 Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 

15 is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 

16 Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora17 tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 

18 projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria19 tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 

20 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

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

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

23 Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 

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1 $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi2 tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 

3 made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 

4 ‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 

5 ‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging 

6 students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac7 ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu8 tions. 

9 Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the 

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

11 Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap12 ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis13 tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex14 pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 

15 of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 

16 and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 

17 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram18 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

19 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

20 procedures set forth in that section. 

21 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

22 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

24 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 

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

2 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

3 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air4 craft; and authorized travel; $7,866,646,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 

6 $680,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

7 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse8 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

9 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

10 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

11 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

12 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

13 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

14 to this appropriation. 

15 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc18 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

19 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu20 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

22 $254,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 STEM EDUCATION

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1 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

2 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ3 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con5 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

6 $1,006,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2025. 

8 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

9 For agency operations and award management nec10 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

12 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas13 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

16 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

17 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

18 $472,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

19 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

20 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

21 heading in fiscal year 2024 for maintenance and operation 

22 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

2 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala3 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

5 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec6 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car7 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

9 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,600,000: Provided, That not 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

15 1978, $26,810,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2025. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

20 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

21 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

23 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans24 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

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

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

3 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

4 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 

6 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans7 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 

8 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in9 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

10 than $2,500,000. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $13,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi9 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

10 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe11 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

12 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

13 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

14 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 

15 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 

16 the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 

17 out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 

18 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

19 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au20 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 

21 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

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

3 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

5 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

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

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

10 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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

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

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

14 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

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

18 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

19 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

20 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

23 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

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

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

6 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

9 reception and representation expenses, $122,400,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 

11 the funds made available under this heading may be ex12 pended by the International Trade Commission to conduct 

13 Section 337 investigations asserting patent infringement, 

14 until the Commission implements a standing rule requir15 ing each party to disclose the real parties in interest in 

16 all Section 337 patent litigation to ensure, inter alia, dis17 closure of any and all beneficial owners and investors in 

18 the litigation. 

19 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

20 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

21 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

22 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

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

24 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

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

2 additional audits of recipients; $24,000,000 is for manage3 ment and grants oversight; $4,500,000 is for client self4 help and information technology; $4,250,000 is for a Pro 

5 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay6 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor7 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

8 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 

9 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em10 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

12 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 

13 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

14 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora15 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

16 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

17 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

19 CORPORATION

20 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

21 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur22 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

23 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

24 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

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1 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

2 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

3 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2023 and 

4 2024, respectively. 

5 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com8 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

9 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

10 $4,200,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

12 REPRESENTATIVE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

15 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

17 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

18 United States Code, $56,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

20 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

21 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

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1 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For activities of the United States Trade Representa4 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

5 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

6 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

7 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 

8 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

9 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

10 Act. 

11 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

14 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

15 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 

17 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

18 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

19 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

20 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

21 United States Government. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

7 not authorized by the Congress. 

8 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

14 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

15 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

16 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

17 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica20 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

21 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica22 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

2 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

7 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini9 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 

10 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per11 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

12 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of13 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro14 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

15 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em16 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac17 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

19 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

20 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

21 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

22 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

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1 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

2 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

3 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

4 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

5 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

6 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re7 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

8 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen9 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

10 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula11 tions. 

12 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au13 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

14 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

15 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

16 States, its territories or possessions. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

19 Item (1)(f)(3). 

20 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

21 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na22 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta25 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 


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1 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com2 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

3 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

4 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

5 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

6 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

7 obligation. 

8 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

9 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

10 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

11 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

12 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

13 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

14 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys15 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re16 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

17 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

18 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre19 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re20 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

21 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

22 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be23 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

24 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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1 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

2 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

3 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

5 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

6 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

7 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

8 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

9 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

10 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

11 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

12 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

13 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

14 products of the same type. 

15 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab17 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

18 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex19 cess of $1,200,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

20 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

22 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $7,500,000 

23 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 

24 of Inspector General and remain available until expended 

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1 section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 

2 for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re3 quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 

4 to improve services for victims of crime. 

5 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

6 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi7 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

8 students who participate in programs for which financial 

9 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

10 or legal guardians of such students. 

11 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

14 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro15 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

16 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart17 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na18 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na19 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor20 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

21 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

22 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

23 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

24 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

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1 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

2 any such audit is completed. 

3 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

4 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

5 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis6 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

7 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter8 net website maintained by the Department, Administra9 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

10 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

11 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

12 title 5, United States Code; and 

13 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi14 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

15 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

16 unlawful purposes. 

17 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

18 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state19 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

20 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

21 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

22 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

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1 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

2 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

3 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

5 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

6 and requirements, substantially similar to the require7 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

8 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart9 ments, agencies, and entities. 

10 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

12 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer13 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

14 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate15 impact information system, as defined for security cat16 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

18 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat19 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys20 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

21 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor22 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

23 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

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1 moderate-impact information systems within the 

2 Federal Government; 

3 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre4 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

5 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

6 appropriate agencies; and 

7 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap8 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

9 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

10 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

11 risk associated with such system being produced, 

12 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

13 identified by the United States Government as pos14 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

15 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

16 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

17 of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

18 or the Russian Federation. 

19 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

21 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re22 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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1 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

2 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

3 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

4 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

5 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

6 the national interest of the United States; and 

7 (3) reported that determination to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen10 eral. 

11 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

13 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em14 ployee of the United States Government. 

15 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi17 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

18 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

19 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

20 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

21 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

22 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

23 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

24 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author2 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

3 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

4 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

5 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu6 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

7 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

8 SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro9 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

10 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero11 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

12 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason13 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in14 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

15 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis16 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di17 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

18 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

19 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

20 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

21 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

22 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

23 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

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1 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

2 statement validating that the project’s management struc3 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

4 costs. 

5 SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

6 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel7 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

8 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec9 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

10 3094) during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the 

11 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 

12 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

14 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

15 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro16 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

17 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

18 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

19 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

20 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

21 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi23 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

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1 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter2 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess3 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

4 judicial proceeding. 

5 (RESCISSIONS)

6 SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

7 year appropriations available to the Department of Com8 merce under the heading ‘‘Economic Development Admin9 istration, Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

10 $25,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled, not later 

11 than September 30, 2024. 

12 (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap13 propriations available to the Department of Justice, the 

14 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 

15 later than September 30, 2024, from the following ac16 counts in the specified amounts— 

17 (1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi18 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

19 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro20 grams’’, $5,000,000; 

21 (2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi22 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $120,000,000; 

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1 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi2 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

3 $15,000,000. 

4 (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the De5 partment of Justice, ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, 

6 $82,572,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. 

7 (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 

8 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 

10 September 1, 2023, specifying the amount of each rescis11 sion made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d). 

12 (e) Of the unobligated balances available in Public 

13 Law 117–169, $12,900,000,000 available under section 

14 10301(1)(A)(ii) and $9,125,000,000 available under sec15 tion 10301(1)(A)(iii) as of the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act are rescinded. 

17 (f) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), (c) 

18 and (d) shall not be from amounts that were designated 

19 by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require20 ment pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget 

21 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

22 Act of 1985. 

23 (g) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections 

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1 (1) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 

2 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac3 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 

4 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di5 vision B of Public Law 117–103; 

6 (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 

7 and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 

8 Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented 

9 Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of division B 

10 of Public Law 117–103; 

11 (3) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 

12 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac13 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 

14 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di15 vision B of Public Law 117–328; or 

16 (4) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 

17 under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce18 ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv19 ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro20 grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 

21 328. 

22 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

24 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

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1 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend3 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart4 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

5 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

6 States unless— 

7 (1) such conference is a law enforcement train8 ing or operational conference for law enforcement 

9 personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

10 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 

11 outside the United States; or 

12 (2) such conference is a scientific conference 

13 and the department or agency head determines that 

14 such attendance is in the national interest and noti15 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 

17 days of that determination and the basis for that de18 termination. 

19 SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro22 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

23 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform24 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

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1 (1) Details on future action the department, 

2 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

3 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

4 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

6 in expired grant accounts. 

7 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex8 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

9 Treasury of the United States. 

10 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

11 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

12 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

13 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

15 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

16 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

18 Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 

19 or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 

20 Virginia, to another location. 

21 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 

22 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

23 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

24 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

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1 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

2 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat3 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com4 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

5 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

7 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

8 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

9 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

10 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

11 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation, have certified— 

13 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

14 technology, data, or other information with national 

15 security or economic security implications to China 

16 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

17 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

18 officials who have been determined by the United 

19 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

20 human rights. 

21 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

22 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

24 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

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1 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici2 pants, and its location and timing. 

3 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

9 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

10 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 

11 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

12 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus13 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

14 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

15 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

16 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

17 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

18 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

19 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

20 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

21 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

3 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

4 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

5 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per6 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

7 contract. 

8 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit10 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

11 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

12 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

13 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 

14 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

15 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

16 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

17 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken18 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi19 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

20 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

21 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

22 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da23 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash24 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 

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1 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 

2 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 

3 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 

4 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari5 juana. 

6 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na7 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na8 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

11 by any employee of such department or agency, including 

12 the purpose of such travel. 

13 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

14 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

15 respectively, for grants authorized by section 27 of the 

16 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

17 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 

18 poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec19 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 

20 county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 

21 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

22 the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 

23 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 

24 Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos25 session of the United States. 


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1 SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other3 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

4 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

6 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

7 United States in connection with requiring an export li8 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac9 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

10 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

11 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

12 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

13 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

14 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

15 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

16 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex17 port license— 

18 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

19 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

20 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

21 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

22 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub23 section (a); and 

24 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

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1 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo2 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

3 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

4 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

5 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

6 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

7 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

8 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu9 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

10 (C) articles for export from Canada to an11 other foreign destination. 

12 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di13 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per14 manent or temporary export without a license of any un15 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

16 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem17 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

18 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

19 Canadian citizen. 

20 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

21 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter22 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

23 the Government of Canada has implemented or main24 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

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1 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter2 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an3 other nation. The President shall terminate the require4 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require5 ments have ceased. 

6 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

8 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

9 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

10 other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 

11 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

12 officer or employee of the United States to deny, or fail 

13 to act on, any application submitted pursuant to 22 

14 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR 

15 section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United 

16 States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammu17 nition. 

18 SEC. 536. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

20 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

21 to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or 

22 fail to act on, an application for the importation of any 

23 model of shotgun if— 

24 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

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1 (2) no application for the importation of such 

2 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

3 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu4 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

5 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

6 sporting purposes. 

7 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

9 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

10 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul11 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

12 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

14 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

15 ratification for the Treaty. 

16 SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

18 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

19 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

20 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

21 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

22 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

23 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

24 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

25 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 


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1 SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

3 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

4 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi5 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de6 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec7 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

8 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

9 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

10 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

11 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

12 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

14 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

15 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

16 and 

17 (2) is— 

18 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

19 control of the Department of Defense; or 

20 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

21 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

22 SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

23 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 

24 made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 

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1 fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

2 section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

3 Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 

4 such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac5 counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 

6 projects and activities specified, in the table titled ‘‘De7 partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 

8 Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 

9 Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

10 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di11 rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 

12 amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen13 tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 

14 Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pur15 suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di16 vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 

17 in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi18 ties specified in the table titled ‘‘National Science Founda19 tion Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ 

20 in the report accompanying this Act. 

21 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo22 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

23 year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 

24 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 

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1 part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 

2 and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 

3 That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 

4 shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot5 ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro6 grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 

7 which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 

8 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 

9 this section. 

10 (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

11 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 

13 subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 

14 Act— 

15 (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 

16 funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 

17 section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 

18 (a)(1) of this section; and 

19 (2) the Director of the National Science Foun20 dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS 

21 for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub22 section (a)(2) of this section. 

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1 tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, 

4 project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 

5 amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec6 tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 

7 2025. 

8 (e) The Department of Commerce and the National 

9 Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal12 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

13 America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub14 section (a)(1) of this section, and section 543(a)(1) of divi15 sion B of Public Law 117–328, the status of balances of 

16 projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Sup17 ply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursu18 ant to section 543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117– 

19 328, and the status of balances of projects and activities 

20 funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and Edu21 cation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 

22 (a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 

23 of Public Law 117–328, including all uncommitted, com24 mitted, and unobligated funds. 


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1 SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

3 or carry out a rule that includes area or time closures in 

4 the South Atlantic until data from the South Atlantic 

5 Great Red Snapper Count can be incorporated into the 

6 stock assessment. 

7 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

9 or carry out Executive Order 14006, ‘‘Reforming Our In10 carceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Op11 erated Criminal Detention Facilities.’’ 

12 SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

14 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 

15 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule 

16 entitled, ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identifica17 tion of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652; published April 

18 26, 2022). 

19 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

21 apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Re22 ducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities 

23 Safer.’’ 

24 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 carry out, or defend the joint Department of Justice and 

2 Department of Homeland Security interim final rule enti3 tled, ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consid4 eration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro5 tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078; 

6 published March 29, 2022). 

7 SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to promul9 gate a regulation regarding asylum law and process or re10 garding administrative closure of cases in immigration 

11 court. 

12 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

14 or carry out section 19 (establishing accreditation stand15 ards) or section 20 (supporting safe and effective policing 

16 through grantmaking) of Executive Order 14074, ‘‘Ad17 vancing Effective, Accountable, Policing and Criminal 

18 Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public 

19 Safety.’’ 

20 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

22 or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alco23 hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives issued or finalized 

24 on or after January 21, 2021. 


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1 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

3 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend of any part of the Bu4 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final 

5 rule entitled, ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with At6 tached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478; pub7 lished January 31, 2023). 

8 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

10 or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, 

11 memorandum entitled, ‘‘Partnership Among Federal, 

12 State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 

13 Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board 

14 Members, Teachers, and Staff.’’ 

15 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 

16 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

17 apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and 

18 Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, Memorandum to 

19 Executive Departments and Agencies entitled, ‘‘Ensuring 

20 Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 

21 Funded Research.’’ 

22 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used— 

24 (1) for the— 

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1 (i) Equity (DEIA) Council; 

2 (ii) National Institute of Standards 

3 and Technology Diversity, Equity, Inclu4 sion and Accessibility Initiative; 

5 (iii) National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration— 

7 (I) Office of Inclusion and Civil 

8 Rights; 

9 (II) Diversity and Inclusion Advi10 sory Management Council; 

11 (III) NOAA Diversity and Pro12 fessional Advancement Working 

13 Group; 

14 (B) Department of Justice— 

15 (i) Chief Diversity Officer; 

16 (ii) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire17 arms and Explosives Diversity and Career 

18 Impact Program; 

19 (iii) Federal Bureau of Investigation 

20 Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 

21 (iv) Antitrust Division Diversity Com22 mittee; 

23 (v) National Resource Center for Jus24 tice-Involved LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit 

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1 (C) National Aeronautics and Space Ad2 ministration Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 

3 (D) National Science Foundation— 

4 (i) Office of Equity and Civil Rights; 

5 (ii) Advancing Informal STEM Learn6 ing (AISL) Program; 

7 (iii) Alliances for Graduate Education 

8 and the Professoriate (AGEP); 

9 (2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 

10 carry out— 

11 (A) Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 

12 2021, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

13 for Underserved Communities Through the 

14 Federal Government’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7009); 

15 (B) Executive Order 14091 of February 

16 16, 2023, ‘‘Further Advancing Racial Equity 

17 and Support for Underserved Communities 

18 Through the Federal Government’’ (88 Fed. 

19 Reg. 10825); or 

20 (C) Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 

21 2021, ‘‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Acces22 sibility in the Federal Workforce’’ (86 Fed. 

23 Reg. 34593); or 

24 (3) to conduct any diversity, equity, inclusion, 

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1 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used— 

3 (1) by the— 

4 (A) Department of Commerce for— 

5 (i) the National Institute of Standards 

6 and Technology Center of Excellence in 

7 Climate Change; or 

8 (ii) climate change fisheries research; 

9 (B) National Science Foundation for the— 

10 (i) U.S. Global Change Research Pro11 gram (USGCRP); or 

12 (ii) Clean Energy Technology pro13 gram; or 

14 (2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 

15 carry out Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 

16 2021, ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

17 Abroad’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7619). 

18 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 

20 to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 

21 and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 

22 as directed by Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 

23 24851, relating to strengthening the Nation’s forests, 

24 communities, and local economies). 


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1 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to provide legal representation to any 

3 alien in a removal proceeding. 

4 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to incentivize any immigration judge to 

6 close or dismiss any case without adjudicating the merits 

7 of the case. 

8 SEC. 558. None of the funds made available for the 

9 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program may be used in 

10 contravention of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration 

11 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. 

12 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to allow the United States 

14 Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully 

15 present in the United States in rendering apportionment 

16 determinations in subsequent decennial censuses. 

17 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to pay a compromise settlement in rela19 tion to a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmis20 sible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Im21 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or 

22 (7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation 

23 of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

24 (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described 

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1 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement a limit on reimbursement 

3 available to a local law enforcement jurisdiction under the 

4 Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program for 

5 the purpose of paying overtime pay to a law enforcement 

6 officer who engages in eradication efforts against unli7 censed or unregistered cannabis grown in a State wherein 

8 production or sales of cannabis is lawful. 

9 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to review, process, or approve applica11 tions for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agree12 ments, or other agreements by any individual or organiza13 tion that educates or otherwise trains or informs Federal 

14 employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race 

15 theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally rel16 evant teaching. 

17 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 

19 professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach20 es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit21 ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 

22 concept that condones an individual being discriminated 

23 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 

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1 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 

2 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 

3 superior to another race, the United States or its institu4 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 

5 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 

6 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char7 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 

8 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 

9 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 

10 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 

11 by a particular race to oppress another race. 

12 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to promote or contribute to environ14 mental, social, and corporate governance (also known as 

15 environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) invest16 ments. 

17 SEC. 565. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or 

19 advocate against any person or recipient, as currently de20 fined at section 106.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula21 tions, for defining ‘‘sex’’ as currently used in, inter alia, 

22 section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections 

23 106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37,39, 40, 41, 

24 44, and 45 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to 

25 mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the 


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1 type of gamete an individual produces; and for defining 

2 ‘‘boys and girls’’ to mean only biological boys, whose DNA 

3 consists of one X sex chromosome and one Y sex chro4 mosome, and biological girls, whose DNA consists of two 

5 X sex chromosomes. 

6 SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used for gun buyback or relinquishment pro8 grams. 

9 SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to implement any statute, rule, policy, 

11 or interpretive guidance or to disburse any grants or fund12 ing that would have the effect of creating, utilizing, sup13 porting, or implementing a law or procedure which could 

14 result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all 

15 cases, providing the gun owner with notice and oppor16 tunity to participate in a hearing. 

17 SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to fund or implement any red flag or 

19 extreme risk protection order laws. 

20 SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the 

22 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

23 of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, may 

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1 tive order or secretarial or executive action for the purpose 

2 of restricting the production, purchase, sale or transfer of 

3 any firearm unless expressly authorized by Congress. 

4 SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or main6 tain a Federal firearms registry. 

7 SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per9 sonnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support 

10 any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

11 and Firearms is not a named party against any licensee 

12 or other person purported to be subject to the regulation 

13 and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 

14 Firearms. 

15 SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire17 arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the 

18 ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such 

19 that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 

20 a percentage of traces relative to a licensee’s average num21 ber of firearm sales for the preceding three years as re22 ported on such licensee’s Federal firearms license renewal 

23 applications. 

24 SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 

25 or any other Act may be used to— 


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1 (1) classify, tax, or register any firearm with an 

2 attached ‘‘stabilizing brace’’ or other similar brace 

3 or rearward attachment, notwithstanding any ex4 tended additional contact surface rearward or use 

5 outside of its original design or use as a buttstock 

6 or use to enable shoulder fire, as a ‘‘rifle,’’ ‘‘short7 barreled rifle,’’ or ‘‘short-barreled shotgun’’ under 

8 the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms 

9 Act of 1934, or any other such act of Congress; or 

10 (2) direct any other law enforcement or regu11 latory entity to conduct any of the activities de12 scribed in paragraph (1) on the ATF’s behalf. 

13 SEC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be made available to support, directly or indi15 rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 

16 owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 

17 Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re18 public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

19 the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven20 ezuela under the regime of Nicola ́s Maduro Moros, or any 

21 other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 

22 a foreign adversary. 

23 SEC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to engage in any formal 


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1 or informal negotiations, regardless of subject, with lead2 ership or representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

3 SEC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 

5 or retain any person who either has been convicted of a 

6 Federal or State child pornography charge, has been con7 victed of any other Federal or State sexual assault charge, 

8 or has been formally disciplined for using Federal re9 sources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 

10 SEC. 577. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 

12 or retain any person based in whole or in part on such 

13 person’s race, national origin, sex, or religion. 

14 SEC. 578. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to fund any sex-altering 

16 surgical procedures in either a Federally owned facility or 

17 a private facility leased or used by the Federal Govern18 ment. 

19 SEC. 579. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s Repro21 ductive Rights Task Force. 

22 SEC. 580. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 

24 over their abortion laws, or to intervene or file an amicus 

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1 SEC. 581. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 

3 over any law relating to transgender issues, or to intervene 

4 or file an amicus brief in such a case. 

5 SEC. 582. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any other Act may be used to sue any State over its 

7 redistricting plans, or to intervene or file an amicus brief 

8 in such a case. 

9 SEC. 583. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

10 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

11 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

12 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro13 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

14 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par15 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

16 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

17 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

18 a union of one man and one woman. 

19 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub20 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

21 taken by the Federal Government to— 

22 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

23 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as24 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp25 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the InterVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Oct 26, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5893.IH H5893

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1 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

2 in subsection (a); 

3 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur4 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

5 such person; 

6 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

7 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

8 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co9 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li10 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

11 other similar position or status from or to such per12 son; 

13 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth14 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

15 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

16 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

17 degree from an educational program, from or to 

18 such person; or 

19 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth20 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle21 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in22 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

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1 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

2 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

3 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

4 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

5 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

6 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 

7 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

8 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 584. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by any agency to enforce section 19.17 

11 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or Article 

12 18 of the United States-Japan Digital Trade Agreement 

13 or to negotiate similar language in future trade agree14 ments. 

15 SEC. 585. (a) None of the funds made available by 

16 this Act may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or pro17 mote exports to the Cuban military or intelligence service 

18 or to any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence serv19 ice, or an immediate family member thereof or any agency 

20 or entity owned or partially owned or operated on behalf 

21 of the previously listed. 

22 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

23 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

24 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

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1 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 

2 service’’ includes the Ministry of the Revolutionary 

3 Armed Forces, and the Ministry of the Interior, of 

4 Cuba, and any subsidiary of either such Ministry; 

5 and 

6 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

7 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

8 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph9 ew. 

10 SEC. 586. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act or any other Act may be used for an Office of Envi12 ronmental Justice. 

13 SEC. 587. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to enforce the Department of Commerce 

15 rule entitled, ‘‘Procedures Covering Suspension of Liq16 uidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With 

17 Presidential Proclamation 10414’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 56868). 

18 SEC. 588. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per20 sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con21 clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in22 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con23 tribute funds to an organization or individual. 

24 SEC. 589. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 bonuses, or expenses of any Federal officer or employee 

2 who fails to comply with a duly issued and valid congres3 sional subpoena, including any circumstances in which a 

4 Federal officer or employee does not produce documents 

5 in unredacted form by a date certain provided in a con6 gressional subpoena. 

7 SEC. 590. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used to conduct a politically sensitive in9 vestigation until the Department of Justice establishes a 

10 policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee such 

11 investigations. 

12 (b) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘politi13 cally sensitive investigations’’ includes investigations of 

14 elected officials or their family members, political can15 didates or their family members, political organizations, 

16 religious organizations, and members of the media. 

17 SEC. 591. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to pay the salary, benefits, bonuses, or 

19 expenses of a Department of Justice employee who is 

20 found to have retaliated against a whistleblower or sup21 pressed an employee’s constitutional rights under the 

22 First Amendment. 

23 SEC. 592. (a) None of the funds made available by 

24 this Act may be used to conduct an interview in connection 

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1 tion in which the agency is assisting a State, local or Trib2 al law enforcement agency, unless such interview is re3 corded using electronic audio recording equipment. 

4 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to custo5 dial and noncustodial interviews, but shall not apply with 

6 respect to— 

7 (1) communications with confidential inform8 ants; or 

9 (2) interviews of non-United States persons 

10 conducted outside the United States. 

11 (c) Recordings of such interviews shall be retained 

12 for 10 years. 

13 SEC. 593. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to discourage, or implement a policy that 

15 serves to discourage, United States Marshals Service em16 ployees or personnel from fully enforcing section 1507 of 

17 title 18, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 594. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used be used, or transferred to another Fed20 eral agency, board, or commission to be used in further21 ance of— 

22 (1) any modification or publication of revised 

23 Merger Guidelines without the express authorization 

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1 (2) the European Commission’s Digital Markets 

2 Act or in support of such Act; or 

3 (3) the hiring of any new employees to the 

4 Antitrust Division, other than to replace retired or 

5 departed employees, unless expressly authorized by 

6 Congress. 

7 SEC. 595. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to fund the operations or expenses of 

9 any Federal employee union. 

10 SEC. 596. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United 

11 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subpara12 graph (F)’’ after ‘‘(a)(8)’’. 

13 (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

14 amendment made by in section (a) shall take effect on 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 

17 apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of 

18 the United States Code before the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 597. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act may be made used to— 

22 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 

23 communications by a United States person as misin24 formation, disinformation, or malinformation; or 


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1 (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or2 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 

3 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro4 tected speech of United States persons, including 

5 recommending the censoring or removal of content 

6 on social media platforms. 

7 SEC. 598. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enforce any COVID-19 vaccine man9 dates or passports. 

10 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

11 SEC. 599. $0 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

13 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 

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