(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 
high or moderate impact system intended for acqui-
sition and a detailed description of the mitigation 
strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that 
such report may include a classified annex as nec-
essary. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 
or other official government activities. 
LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY 
RELATIONSHIP 
SEC. 210. (a) Section 13144 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY RE-
LATIONSHIP.—For purposes of this section, the relation-
ship between a Member who is providing care directly to 
a patient in the form of medical services or dental services 
and the patient to whom such care is provided shall not 
be considered a fiduciary relationship.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to compensation received in fiscal year 
2024 or any succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any office, program, or activity for 
the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 
or implementation that promotes or perpetuates divisive 
concepts related to race or sex, such as the concepts that 
one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that 
an individual’s moral character or worth is determined by 
their race or sex. 
SEC. 212. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 
subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 
The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-
censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 
that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-
tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 
such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-
son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 
religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 
(a). 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 213. $11,000,000. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 
of Congress) during fiscal year 2024.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 1, 
2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4364 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes.