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(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration 
of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation of 
programs within the Office of Cybersecurity and 
Critical Infrastructure Protection, including en-
tering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson of 
the Committee may transfer such amounts to any depart-
ment or agency represented on the Committee (including 
the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance notifi-
cation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
amounts so transferred shall remain available until ex-
pended for expenses of implementing section 721 of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565), 
and shall be available in addition to any other funds avail-
able to any department or agency: Provided further, That 
fees authorized by section 721(p) of such Act shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation as offsetting collections: Provided 
further, That the total amount appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such off-
setting collections are received during fiscal year 2023, so 
as to result in a total appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
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drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 
$216,059,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, up to $12,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treasury 
offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading 
$6,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses for 
the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide oversight 
of the investments made under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant 
any other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief 
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs 
and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of 
the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That these funds shall be trans-
ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 
the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and 
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 
Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $48,878,000, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
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General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, shall be for audits 
and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of 
the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Op-
portunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast 
States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; $174,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of 
which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET 
RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the Emer-
gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–343), $9,000,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for-
eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 
concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for as-
sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $190,193,000, of which not to exceed 
$55,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of 
the Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to exceed
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$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
is for information systems modernization initiatives; and 
of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $148,863,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and of which not to exceed $50,000 
shall be available for cooperative research and development 
programs for laboratory services; and provision of labora-
tory assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accel-
erating the processing of formula and label applications: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for the costs associated with en-
forcement of and education regarding the trade practice
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provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136 for 
circulating coinage and protective service capital invest-
ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$50,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I 
of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount appro-
priated under this heading—
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(1) not less than $196,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com-
munity Development Financial Institutions Assist-
ance awards, is available until September 30, 2024, 
for financial assistance and technical assistance 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be used 
for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 
$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 
108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d)), may 
be available to provide financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training, and outreach to community de-
velopment financial institutions to expand invest-
ments that benefit individuals with disabilities, and 
of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for the Economic 
Mobility Corps to be operated in conjunction with the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: Provided, That the cost 
of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
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502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided under this para-
graph, excluding those made to community develop-
ment financial institutions to expand investments 
that benefit individuals with disabilities and those 
made to community development financial institu-
tions that serve populations living in persistent pov-
erty counties, the CDFI Fund shall prioritize Finan-
cial Assistance awards to organizations that invest 
and lend in high-poverty areas: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘high-pov-
erty area’’ means any census tract with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2016– 
2020 5-year data series available from the American 
Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census for 
all States and Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of 
at least 20 percent as measured by the 2010 Island 
areas Decennial Census data for any territory or pos-
session of the United States; 
(2) not less than $25,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2024, for fi-
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nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified com-
munity development lender organizations with experi-
ence and expertise in community development bank-
ing and lending in Indian country, Native American 
organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and 
other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2024, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 
until September 30, 2024, for a Healthy Food Fi-
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions for the 
purpose of offering affordable financing and technical 
assistance to expand the availability of healthy food 
options in distressed communities; 
(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2024, to provide grants for loan loss 
reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for
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small dollar loan programs under section 122 of Pub-
lic Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, That 
sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public Law 
shall not apply to the provision of such grants and 
technical assistance; 
(6) up to $35,000,000 is available for adminis-
trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 
Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 
Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the 
development of tools to better assess and inform CDFI 
investment performance and CDFI program impacts, 
and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program; and 
(7) during fiscal year 2023, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That 
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 
such section 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in 
effect until December 31, 2023: Provided further, That 
of the funds awarded under this heading, except those
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provided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not less 
than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
investments that serve populations living in persistent 
poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county, in-
cluding county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020 
5-year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any 
other territory or possession of the United States that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas Decennial Cen-
suses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of the Census. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo-
cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed $100,000,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2024, of which 
not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling 
for the Elderly Program, of which not less than $26,000,000 
shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, in-
cluding grants to individual clinics of up to $200,000, of 
which not less than $40,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, shall be available for the Community 
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Pro-
gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which 
not less than $236,000,000 shall be available for operating 
expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft 
and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of which not 
to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2024; of which not less than $60,257,000 shall 
be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro-
gram; and of which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for 
investigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Di-
vision: Provided, That the amount made available for inves-
tigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Division 
shall be in addition to amounts made available for the 
Criminal Investigation Division under the ‘‘Operations 
Support’’ heading. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Revenue 
Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS- 
wide administration activities; research and statistics of in-
come; telecommunications; information technology develop-
ment, enhancement, operations, maintenance and security; 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight 
Board; and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$4,100,826,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024; of which not 
to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and
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renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for re-
search; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided, That 
not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the 
Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 
States detailing major information technology investments 
in the Internal Revenue Service Integrated Modernization 
Business Plan portfolio, including detailed, plain language 
summaries on the status of plans, costs, and results; prior 
results and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcom-
ing deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and miti-
gation strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for 
any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue 
Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal 
year 2024, a summary of cost and schedule performance 
information for its major information technology systems. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
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under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to exceed 5 per-
cent of any other appropriation made available in this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service, may be transferred to any 
other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with 
taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial 
application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax-
payers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 
and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response 
time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard 
to victims of tax-related crimes.
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SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
employer making employment tax payments, and such no-
tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new 
address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com-
promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud 
by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be-
liefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap-
ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 
of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 
2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
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tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi-
ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 
California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection proc-
ess with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 
unless such program or process takes into account the con-
duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former 
employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 
Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 
regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly to 
positions in the competitive service to process backlogged tax 
returns and return information.
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SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 
United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 
Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
senger carrier transportation and protection between the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place of 
employment. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Trou-
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bled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alco-
hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer under this section may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts
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shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
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curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2023 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023. 
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 
Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department- 
wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 
Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For-
feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 
previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 
that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. During fiscal year 2023— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of the 
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to
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issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
mine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including the proposed regulations published at 78 
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for purposes of determining status under 
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
ated on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 
of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 
for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 
customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund.
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SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall submit reports on their ac-
tivities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Sen-
ate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 
and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 
and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall make officials available to 
testify on the contents of the reports required under sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section 
4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 127. Section 127 of the Department of the Treas-
ury Appropriations Act, 2019 (title I of division D of Pub-
lic Law 116–6) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘, including public improvements 
in the area around such facility to mitigate traffic impacts 
caused by the construction and occupancy of the facility’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 
3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, $77,681,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, $15,609,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114.
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REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to 
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
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in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that con-
sists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events with-
in the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or non-
political: Provided further, That no provision of this para-
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graph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or 
II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, for 
required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 
issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,901,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re-
main available until expended for continued modernization 
of information resources within the Executive Office of the 
President: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available for a pro-
gram to provide payments (such as stipends, subsistence al-
lowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to students, re-
cent graduates, and veterans recently discharged from ac-
tive duty who are performing voluntary services in the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President under section 3111(b) of title 
5, United States Code, or comparable authority and shall 
be in addition to amounts otherwise available to pay or 
compensate such individuals: Provided further, That such 
payments shall not be considered compensation for purposes 
of such section 3111(b) and may be paid in advance. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the
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provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $128,035,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 
the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 
actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi-
cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 
Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for 
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed 
by the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi-
rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for evalu-
ating or determining if water resource project or study re-
ports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through
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the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all appli-
cable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the 
Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have 
not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary pol-
icy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief 
of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 
the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided further, That 
if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the 
appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management 
and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 
and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly: Provided further, That no later than 14 days after 
the submission of the budget of the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2024, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall make publicly available on a 
website a tabular list for each agency that submits budget 
justification materials (as defined in section 3 of the Fed-
eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006) that shall include, at minimum, the name of the 
agency, the date on which the budget justification materials
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of the agency were submitted to Congress, and a uniform 
resource locator where the budget justification materials are 
published on the website of the agency. 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellectual 
Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by title 
III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In-
tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), in-
cluding services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,902,000. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 
Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 
$21,926,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and for participation in 
joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of
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mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organi-
zations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$21,500,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to ac-
cept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and per-
sonal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $302,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen-
cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 
up to $5,800,000 may be used for auditing services and as-
sociated activities and $1,500,000 shall be for the Grants 
Management System for use by the Office of National Drug
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Control Policy: Provided further, That any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2021 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re-
programming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2022, shall be fund-
ed at not less than the fiscal year 2022 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2023 fund-
ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 
of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in con-
sultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation.
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OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the 
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 
amended, $137,120,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 
for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not more 
than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, and of 
which $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by sec-
tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 
of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training 
and technical assistance; $15,250,000 for anti-doping ac-
tivities; up to $3,420,000 for the United States membership 
dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the 
Model Acts Program; and $5,200,000 for activities author-
ized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities: Provided further, That the Director of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer 
than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this heading 
for United States membership dues to the World Anti- 
Doping Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
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spending plan and explanation of the proposed uses of these 
funds. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $13,700,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 
funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 
to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
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accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se-
curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 
of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 
and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director
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of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi-
cer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 
to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 
appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per-
cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 
the approval of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the 
President shall be accompanied by a written statement from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on 
the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve-
nues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order or
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memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each year 
in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2023; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2023. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum 
is issued during fiscal year 2023 due to a national emer-
gency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later 
than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum 
is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all Federal 
departments, agencies, and corporations directing compli-
ance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 
thereafter—(1) the Office of Management and Budget shall 
operate and maintain the automated system required to be
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implemented by section 204 of the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 (division E 
of Public Law 117–103) and shall continue to post each 
document apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to sec-
tion 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including any 
associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such 
document as an open Government data asset (as that term 
is defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code); 
and (2) the requirements specified in subsection (c), the first 
and second provisos of subsection (d)(1), and subsection 
(d)(2) of such section 204 shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$10,482,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 
and for the projects specified in the table that appears under 
the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive Office 
of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available by this section 
may be transferred for any other purpose. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $109,551,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$29,246,000, to remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$36,735,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $21,260,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 
the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
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Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
by law, $5,905,055,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration 
projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,975,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 
and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 
other services for such representations as authorized by law; 
the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 
18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 
in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $1,382,680,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $58,239,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court or Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts operations, the procurement, installation, and main-
tenance of security systems and equipment for United 
States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
or Administrative Office of the United States Courts oper-
ations, building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail 
and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, 
basic security services provided by the Federal Protective 
Service, and other similar activities as authorized by sec-
tion 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Jus-
tice Act (Public Law 100–702), $750,163,000, of which not 
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United 
States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for ad-
ministering the Judicial Facility Security Program con-
sistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Direc-
tor of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
and the Attorney General: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used for managing a 
Judiciary-wide program to facilitate security and emer-
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gency management services among the Judiciary, United 
States Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Gen-
eral Services Administration, other Federal agencies, state 
and local governments and the public; and, notwithstanding 
sections 331, 566(e)(1), and 566(i) of title 28, United States 
Code, for identifying and pursuing the voluntary redaction 
and reduction of personally identifiable information on the 
internet of judges and other familial relatives who live at 
the judge’s domicile. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$102,673,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2024, to provide education and training to Federal court
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personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 
and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
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or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu-
tive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 
as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 
that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home-
land Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 
services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the
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United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’; and 
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District 
of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘28 years and 6 months’’ and 
inserting ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 
U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat-
ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘29 
years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 
months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 
107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘20 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘21 years’’;
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(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘19 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western 
district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘18 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘19 years’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 677 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the Chief Jus-
tice, shall establish a retention and recruitment program 
that is consistent with section 908 of the Emergency Sup-
plemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926) for Supreme Court 
Police officers and other critical employees who agree in 
writing to remain employed with the Supreme Court for 
a period of service of not less than two years.’’. 
SEC. 308. Section 996(b) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘84 (Federal Employees’ Re-
tirement System),’’ after ‘‘83 (Retirement),’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 
Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
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trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
made and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur-
rounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
events related to the presence of the National Capital in 
the District of Columbia, including support requested by 
the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 
out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup-
port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris-
dictions.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, 
$291,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
$140,973,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; for the District of 
Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and $46,750,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended con-
sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 
study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 
That, in addition to the amounts appropriated herein, fees 
received by the District of Columbia Courts for admin-
istering bar examinations and processing District of Co-
lumbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, for sala-
ries and expenses associated with such activities, notwith-
standing section 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
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Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District
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of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations made avail-
able under this heading, $22,000,000, are hereby rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2023.
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FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $285,016,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $204,579,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision 
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or 
the provision of services for or related to such persons, of 
which $7,798,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025, for costs associated with the relocation under re-
placement leases for headquarters offices, field offices and 
related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $80,437,000 shall be avail-
able to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall
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remain available until September 30, 2025, for costs associ-
ated with relocation under a replacement lease for head-
quarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully com-
plete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal 
agencies: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service may establish for employees of the 
District of Columbia Public Defender Service a program
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substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter 
II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, except that 
the maximum amount of the payment made under the pro-
gram to any individual may not exceed the amount referred 
to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of engaging with, 
and receiving services from, Federal Franchise Fund Pro-
grams established in accordance with section 403 of the 
Government Management Reform Act of 1994, as amended, 
the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Public De-
fender Service may enter into contracts for the procurement 
of severable services and multiyear contracts for the acquisi-
tion of property and services to the same extent and under 
the same conditions as an executive agency under sections 
3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $300,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
portunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall be for the ac-
tivities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the 
Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified 
in section 3009 of the Act.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund
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of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2023 Local Budg-
et Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24–486) and at rates set forth 
under such Act, as amended as of the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. 
Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Serv-
ices and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 
(secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and 
provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in 
this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 
for fiscal year 2023 under this heading shall not exceed the 
estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Local Budget 
Act of 2022, as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Colum-
bia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time 
transactions, which are expended for emergency or unan-
ticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 
such increases shall be approved by enactment of local Dis-
trict law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 
contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to
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assure that the District of Columbia meets these require-
ments, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial 
Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to 
the District during fiscal year 2023, except that the Chief 
Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating ex-
penses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obliga-
tions issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
EDUCATION FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
Excellence in Education Fund, established by section 1408 
of Public Law 99–661 (20 U.S.C. 4707), for necessary ex-
penses to carry out activities pursuant to the Barry Gold-
water Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis-
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trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 
which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, and of which not less than 
$4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 
31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are 
available for the liquidation of obligations equal to current 
year payments on leases entered into prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for the pur-
pose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that 
should have been recorded and liquidated against accounts 
closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 
preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 
recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has 
been established for the sole purpose of recording adjust-
ments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
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individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$152,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, to carry out the program, including admin-
istrative costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110– 
140; 15 U.S.C. 8004), and of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to carry out the program, includ-
ing administrative costs, required by section 204 of the 
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide 
Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q 
of Public Law 117–103). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2023, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
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Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate;
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(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $28,000,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 
activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 
2002, and of which $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Help America Vote College Pro-
gram as authorized by title V of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$75,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Commis-
sion for necessary expenses to make payments to States for 
activities to improve the administration of elections for 
Federal office, including to enhance election technology and 
make election security improvements, as authorized by sec-
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tions 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That for 
purposes of applying such sections, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be a State 
and, for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be 
treated in the same manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Vir-
gin Islands: Provided further, That each reference to the 
‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer 
to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, 
That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That not later than two years 
after receiving a payment under this heading, a State shall 
make available funds for such activities in an amount equal 
to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made to 
the State under this heading: Provided further, That not 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Election Assistance Commission shall make the pay-
ments to States under this heading: Provided further, That 
States shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 
progress reports.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$390,192,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-
ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 
be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex-
ceed $132,231,000 for fiscal year 2023: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $12,131,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Inspector General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2022’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint 
Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or 
primary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res-
olution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $81,674,000,
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of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $29,400,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $430,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2023 for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), (and estimated 
to be $190,000,000 in fiscal year 2023) shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees col-
lected to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
regardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be 
$20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
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in this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023 
and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund ap-
propriations can be derived from amounts credited to this 
account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that 
are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at $48,000,000: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds 
credited to this account as offsetting collections in previous 
fiscal years that were unavailable for obligation as of Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall become available for obligation except 
as provided in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Com-
mission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of 
section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1831t).
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, 
approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such
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buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $10,013,150,000, of which— 
(1) $807,809,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) and remediation, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, 
as follows: 
Connecticut: 
Hartford, U.S. Courthouse, $61,500,000; 
District of Columbia: 
DHS 
Consolidation 
at 
St. 
Elizabeths, 
$252,963,000; 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Lease 
Purchase Option, $21,000,000; 
Southeast 
Federal 
Center 
Remediation, 
$3,946,000; 
Florida: 
Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Courthouse, $55,000,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 
Consolidation, $375,000,000; 
Tennessee:
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Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $38,400,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
construction, acquisition, and remediation projects 
may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected 
in other such projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of 
the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 
required, unless advance approval is obtained from 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 
(2) $662,280,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 
which— 
(A) $244,783,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations as follows: 
Multiple Locations: 
National Conveying Systems, $30,000,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Fire Alarm Systems, $40,000,000; 
California: 
San Francisco, Federal Building, $15,687,000; 
Georgia: 
Atlanta, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 
$10,229,000;
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Massachusetts: 
Boston, John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse, 
$10,345,000; 
Montana: 
Butte, Mike Mansfield Federal Building and 
U.S. Courthouse, $25,792,000; 
New York: 
New York, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom 
House, $68,497,000; 
Ohio: 
Cleveland, Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, 
$10,235,000; 
Oklahoma: 
Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S. 
Courthouse and Post Office, $3,093,000; 
Pennsylvania: 
Philadelphia, James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, 
$12,927,000; 
Vermont: 
St. Albans, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office 
and Custom House, $17,978,000; 
(B) $398,797,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations, of which $3,000,000 is for repairs to 
the water feature at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. 
U.S. Courthouse in Miami, FL; and
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(C) $18,700,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs as follows: 
Judiciary 
Capital 
Security 
Program, 
$18,700,000; 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used 
to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the min-
imum standards for security in accordance with cur-
rent law and in compliance with the reprogramming 
guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House
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and Senate: Provided further, That the difference be-
tween the funds appropriated and expended on any 
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to 
‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund au-
thorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,561,680,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,981,381,000 for building operations to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the 
total amount of funds made available from this Fund 
to the General Services Administration shall not be 
available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available in the Federal Buildings
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Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary 
to provide reimbursable special services to other agen-
cies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to pro-
vide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not 
in Government ownership or control as may be ap-
propriate to enable the United States Secret Service 
to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and 
collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2023, excluding reimbursements 
under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate 
new obligational authority authorized for Real Prop-
erty Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this 
Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail-
able for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy associated with the man-
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agement of real and personal property assets and certain 
administrative services; Government-wide policy support 
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehi-
cles, information technology management, and related tech-
nology activities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by statute; 
$71,186,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and manage-
ment; the hire of zero-emission passenger motor vehicles and 
supporting charging or fueling infrastructure; and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $54,478,000, of which not 
to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $10,352,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $74,583,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available 
for information technology enhancements related to imple-
menting cloud services, improving security measures, and 
providing modern technology case management solutions: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for payment for information and detection of fraud 
against the Government, including payment for recovery of 
stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of 
other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition 
of efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of In-
spector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$5,200,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 
U.S.C. 3604; and for expenses authorized by law, not other-
wise provided for, in support of interagency projects that
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enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to con-
duct activities electronically, through the development and 
implementation of innovative uses of information tech-
nology; $90,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 
Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 
be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose 
of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, 
That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections deposited into the Fund shall be available until 
expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services 
and other activities that enable the Federal Government to 
enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically in the 
aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2023 
in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, of the total 
amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be available 
for support functions and full-time hires to support activi-
ties related to the Administration’s requirements under title 
II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, That the 
transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
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TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For the Technology Modernization Fund, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for technology-related 
modernization activities. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services 
Administration, $5,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary costs incurred by the Administrator 
to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide support 
services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2023 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only 
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit
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a fiscal year 2024 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 
that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 
delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 
agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan and 
explanation for each project to be undertaken to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 527. The Administrator of the General Services 
Administration shall select a site from one of the three listed 
in the General Services Administration (GSA) Fiscal Year 
2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR17 prospectus for a new fully con-
solidated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) head-
quarters. 
In considering the September 2022 and amended No-
vember 2022 GSA Site Selection Plan for the FBI Subur-
ban Headquarters, not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, prior to any action by the GSA site selection 
panel for the new Federal FBI headquarters, the GSA Ad-
ministrator shall conduct separate and detailed consulta-
tions with individuals representing the sites from the State 
of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia to further con-
sider perspectives related to mission requirements, sustain-
able siting and equity, and evaluate the viability of the 
GSA’s Site Selection Criteria for the FBI Headquarters to 
ensure it is consistent with Congressional intent as ex-
pressed in the resolution of the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate (112th Congress), adopted 
December 8, 2011 and further described in the General 
Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–
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NCR17 prospectus. Following those consultations, the Ad-
ministrator shall proceed with the site selection process. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 
Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$49,655,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the
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Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,800,000, to remain available for direct expenditure until 
expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of 
such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102– 
259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous amounts 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Interior will remain available until expended 
for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for 
annual independent financial audits of the Morris K. Udall 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to the Account-
ability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): 
Provided further, That previous amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Interior 
may be transferred to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
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Udall Foundation for annual independent financial audits 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,943,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 
maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $427,520,000, of which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ex-
penses necessary to enhance the Federal Government’s abil-
ity to electronically preserve, manage, and store Govern-
ment records, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall remain
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available until expended to implement the Civil Rights Cold 
Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–426). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$5,980,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment for 
public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
$22,224,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
no less than $7,250,000 is for upgrades to the Carter Presi-
dential Library in Atlanta, Georgia and of which 
$6,000,000 is for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Museum 
in Starkville, Mississippi. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $12,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which up to $2,000,000 shall be to preserve and
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make publicly available the congressional papers of former 
Members of the House and Senate. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 
Program’’, $22,573,000, which shall be for initiatives in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this section may 
be transferred for any other purpose. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and 
9910, $3,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2024, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions: Provided, That credit unions designated sole-
ly as minority depository institutions shall be eligible to 
apply for and receive such technical assistance.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trad-
ing on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, $24,500,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and payment of per 
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Vot-
ing Rights Act activities require an employee to remain
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overnight at his or her post of duty, $190,784,000: Provided, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, $19,373,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
information technology modernization and Trust Fund 
Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and 
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for 
such purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $1,381,748 may be 
made available for strengthening the capacity and capabili-
ties of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of such workforce and information technology 
in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-
agement solutions to improve acquisition management; and 
in addition $194,924,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM with-
out regard to other statutes, including direct procurement 
of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-
priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses
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of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc-
cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi-
dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 
Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 
fiscal year 2023, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 
including those from prior years, may be used for the devel-
opment of publicity materials to provide information about 
the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex-
penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts 
made available under this heading may be transferred to 
an information technology working capital fund established 
for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of division 
A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 
further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 
approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 
under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-
egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such organi-
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zational category’s budget as identified in the report re-
quired by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2026. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,908,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $29,487,000 for administrative ex-
penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
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bia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$31,904,000. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $10,600,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$2,149,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which not less than $18,979,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $275,000 shall be
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available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for con-
sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for-
eign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis-
tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com-
mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 
(1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans-
portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 
replication, and related costs associated with a replacement 
lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia head-
quarters facilities, not to exceed $57,405,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for move, replication, and re-
lated costs associated with a replacement lease for the Com-
mission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities, not to 
exceed $3,365,000, to remain available until expended. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2023, all amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appro-
priation to the Commission for fiscal year 2023: Provided, 
That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Secu-
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rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of such offsetting 
collections shall be available until expended for necessary 
expenses of this account; not to exceed $57,405,000 of such 
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for 
move, replication, and related costs under this heading asso-
ciated with a replacement lease for the Commission’s Dis-
trict of Columbia headquarters facilities; and not to exceed 
$3,365,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available 
until expended for move, replication, and related costs 
under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 
the Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities: 
Provided further, That the total amount appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 
2023 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 
so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2023 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: 
Provided further, That if any amount of the appropriation 
for move, replication, and related costs associated with a 
replacement lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia 
headquarters facilities or if any amount of the appropria-
tion for move, replication, and related costs associated with 
a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Francisco Re-
gional Office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the
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Commission, such amount that was derived from the gen-
eral fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such 
amounts that were derived from fees or assessments collected 
for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities 
exchange and national securities association, respectively, 
in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such na-
tional securities exchange or national securities association 
under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2023. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $31,700,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 
be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$326,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2023: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the 
Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That
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$20,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with the 
certification of small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under sec-
tions 36A and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 of Public Law 
116–283, to be available until September 30, 2024. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $320,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That $140,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal year 2024 as author-
ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $41,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 
further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $32,020,000.
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OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2023 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 and commitments for 
loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $15,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2023 commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under para-
graphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 for a combination 
of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 
of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further,
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That during fiscal year 2023 commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2023, guarantees 
of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$165,300,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, $179,000,000, to be available until expended, of 
which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of 
the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews 
of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which $169,000,000 is 
for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv-
icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect 
administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which
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may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for major dis-
asters under this heading is designated by the Congress as 
being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representa-
tives on June 8, 2022. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
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SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act for the Small Business Adminis-
tration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to 
the Administration’s information technology system mod-
ernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as author-
ized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 
this section shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
ness 
Administration—Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$179,710,000, which shall be for initiatives related to small 
business development and entrepreneurship, including pro-
grammatic, construction, and acquisition activities, in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 
Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, notwith-
standing sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of
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Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration may permit awards to subrecipients 
for initiatives funded under this section: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available by this section may 
be transferred for any other purpose. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting 
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee 
of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or 
any individual participating in a State or local program 
of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested 
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and 
other small post offices: Provided further, That the Postal 
Service may not destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale, 
any copies of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational
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Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $271,000,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the amount made 
available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred and 
added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C. 7473, to 
remain available until expended, for the operation and 
maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Provided fur-
ther, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon 
the written certificate of the judge.
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 
in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
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suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
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(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza-
tion, restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, pro-
grams, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this 
Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each
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appropriation, detailing both full-time employee equiva-
lents and budget authority, with separate columns to dis-
play the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation and its respective prior year enacted level by object 
class and program, project, and activity as detailed in this 
Act, in the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix 
for the respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed, 
and which shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
amount is specified and to all programs for which new 
budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary 
grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an 
identification of items of special congressional interest: Pro-
vided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for 
salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after the required date that 
the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for each such account for the purposes
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authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or
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(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 
apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest.
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SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
Code.
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SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case 
of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o));
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(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
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wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 
on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials.
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SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 
of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
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eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such 
alternative mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost 
support to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers 
until support under such mechanism commences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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work 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, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program and unless such awards or in-
centive fees are consistent with section 16.401(e)(2) of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activi-
ties that result in a total cost to an Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board or commission funded by this Act 
of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless the 
agency or entity determines that such attendance is in the 
national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that includes the basis of that deter-
mination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance 
is in the national interest and advance notice is trans-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis 
of that determination. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 
the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 
Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for expenses related to enhance-
ments to www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be provided for an additional amount 
for such purpose to the Inspectors General Council Fund 
established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.): Provided, That these 
amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any au-
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thority available to the Council of the Inspectors General 
on Integrity and Efficiency under section 11 of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 
public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), 
unless advance notice of such an obligation is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, shall clearly state—
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(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that 
includes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for 
each appropriation, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 635. (a) Section 41002(c)(1) of Public Law 114– 
94 (42 U.S.C. 4370m–1(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) PERSONNEL.—The Executive Director 
of the Council may appoint and fix the com-
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pensation of such employees as the Executive Di-
rector considers necessary to carry out the roles 
and responsibilities of the Executive Director.’’. 
(b) Section 41009(d)(2) of Public Law 114–94 (42 
U.S.C. 4370m–8(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘staffing of 
the Office of the Executive Director’’ and inserting ‘‘ap-
pointing and fixing the compensation of such employees as 
the Executive Director considers necessary to carry out the 
roles and responsibilities of the Executive Director’’. 
SEC. 636. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building lo-
cated at 90 7th Street in San Francisco, California, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Speaker Nancy Pelosi 
Federal Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Speaker Nancy 
Pelosi Federal Building’’. 
SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, es-
tablished by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, 
$150,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2023.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2023 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (ex-
clusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, pro-
tective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $26,733 except station wagons for which the 
maximum shall be $27,873: Provided, That these limits 
may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
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tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceed-
ed by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 
acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of 
comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, 
That the limits set forth in this section shall not apply to 
any vehicle that is a commercial item and which operates 
on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
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States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as 
a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen 
when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 
and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That 
any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 
$4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions 
of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the
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Government of the United States on the date of enactment 
of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more 
than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De-
partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu-
ant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
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Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses
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are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 
support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt-
ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency pre-
paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro-
vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi-
vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, 
(pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of 
the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule
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C position occupied by the individual was not created solely 
or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White 
House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed 
to or from an element of the intelligence community (as 
that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or
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(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation;
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(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or
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when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au-
thorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 
5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title and the United States 
Postal Service. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 
perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys-
tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5
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U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort 
and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the 
performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol-
icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 
charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 
shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv-
ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, in-
cluding improving coordination and reducing duplication, 
as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate inter-
agency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director
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(including the President’s Management Council for overall 
management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial 
Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the 
Chief Information Officers Council for information tech-
nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun-
cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform-
ance Improvement Council for performance improvement 
initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans-
ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to im-
prove coordination, reduce duplication, and for other ac-
tivities related to Federal Government Priority Goals estab-
lished by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 
for Government-wide innovations, initiatives, and activi-
ties: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for 
reimbursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Gov-
ernment-Wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2023 shall remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General 
Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform
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of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for 
the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further, 
That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the 
amounts currently in the funds authorized under this sec-
tion and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or reim-
bursed in fiscal year 2023; (ii) a detailed breakdown of the 
purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or reim-
bursed pursuant to this section (including total number of 
personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are provided 
for by this section); (iii) where applicable, a description of 
the funds intended for use by or for the benefit of each execu-
tive council; and (iv) where applicable, a description of the 
funds intended for use by or for the implementation of spe-
cific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, That no 
transfers or reimbursements may be made pursuant to this 
section until 15 days following notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 
Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 
her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca-
tion.
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SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and 
similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive 
Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide a report describing 
the budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publi-
cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall 
comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title 
2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section 
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants 
received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
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the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
is a system security action taken by the operator of 
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
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viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
gious beliefs.
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(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 
any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi-
vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in-
dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring 
the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping 
in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re-
search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au-
thorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 
agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern-
ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple-
ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast
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Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement 
the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 
of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in 
the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 
9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees 
to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or 
lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized 
to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 
contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 
accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 
be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi-
cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news
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story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date
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of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2023, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and 
shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any 
entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
any of the following information as a condition of submit-
ting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
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ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 
is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 
to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 
(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
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SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2023, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2023, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2023, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2023 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
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parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2023 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2022, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2022, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection.
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(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2022. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2023 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
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are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2022. 
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2023 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period—