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vided further, That proceeds from leases deposited into this 
account shall be available for a period of 5 years to the 
extent and in amounts as provided in annual appropria-
tions Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds referred to 
in the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation 
for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not to exceed 
$30,000,000: Provided further, That each annual budget re-
quest shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and 
collections and proposed use of all funds collected pursuant 
to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
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be increased by more than 20 percent by any such transfers. 
Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction activities 
shall not increase that account by more than 20 percent. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 
for the same purposes and the same time period as the ap-
propriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant 
to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
under previous appropriations Acts that remains available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024 may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall retain its 
original availability and shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
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tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 
is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 
projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria-
tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-
matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi-
tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts made 
available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, ‘‘Aero-
nautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and ‘‘Space 
Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging students
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in STEM and increasing STEM research capacities of uni-
versities, including Minority Serving Institutions. 
Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 
Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-
pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 
of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 
and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) under the 
heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 
through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in-
curred in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the 
heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation
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through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in-
curred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of 
flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 
and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the amounts 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$680,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 
of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 
$109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup-
port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 
services and materials furnished by the National Research 
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.
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MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 
1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, $234,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $234,000,000 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathe-
matics, and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $1,172,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by sec-
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tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity for security guard services; $448,000,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That contracts may 
be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2024 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities and for other serv-
ices to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out sec-
tion 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et 
seq.), $5,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
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$24,410,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Science 
Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any 
transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 
in advance of any planned divestment through transfer, de-
commissioning, termination, or deconstruction of any NSF- 
owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (including land, 
structures, and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 
Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$14,350,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph may be used to employ any individuals 
under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special as-
sistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used 
to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 
with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 
billable days: Provided further, That the Chair may accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 
or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of 
the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the preceding pro-
viso, $2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund the Com-
mission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the 
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 
2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair 
Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 
1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; nonmonetary 
awards to private citizens; and up to $31,500,000 for pay-
ments to State and local enforcement agencies for author-
ized services to the Commission, $455,000,000: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$2,250 from available funds: Provided further, That the 
Commission may take no action to implement any work-
force repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until 
such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified
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of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming 
requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation 
to carry out the work of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $122,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of which $516,100,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help 
and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono 
Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repayment as-
sistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation
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may continue to provide locality pay to officers and em-
ployees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Fed-
eral Government to Washington, DC-based employees as au-
thorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, not-
withstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the 
authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be ap-
plicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be considered an agency 
of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro-
hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2023 and 2024, respec-
tively: Provided, That for the purposes of applications of 
such sections 501 and 502, any requirement relating to the 
proportion of attorneys serving on the governing body of
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an entity providing legal assistance shall be deemed to be 
satisfied if at least 33 percent of such governing body is 
composed of attorneys otherwise meeting the criteria estab-
lished by section 1007(c) of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and section 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public 
Law 104–134 shall not apply. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $59,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and 
Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including 
transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade En-
forcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any transfer pursu-
ant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State Justice Insti-
tute shall be considered an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 
thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
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cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a 
new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a pro-
gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds 
have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or em-
ployees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or ac-
tivities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or ac-
tivities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 
percent funding for any program, project, or activity, or 
numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any 
general savings, including savings from a reduction in per-
sonnel, which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; un-
less the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a 
court or Federal agency that any person intentionally af-
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fixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold 
in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to author-
ized purchases of promotional items, funds made available 
by this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manu-
factured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its 
territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item 
(1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of bal-
ances of appropriations at the account level. For unobli-
gated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed 
balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation
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from which the balances were derived. For balances that are 
obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall sepa-
rately identify amounts by the year of obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the 
department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the max-
imum extent practicable under such accounting system and 
shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the ex-
tent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap-
propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further,
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That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall 
also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by 
section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98– 
473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in excess of 
$1,353,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from 
the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General 
and remain available until expended for oversight and au-
diting purposes associated with this section; and (2) 5 per-
cent shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime 
for grants, consistent with the requirements of the Victims 
of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for vic-
tims of crime.
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SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu-
dents who participate in programs for which financial as-
sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 
legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. 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-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 
shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Con-
gress on the progress of such audits, which may include pre-
liminary findings and a description of areas of particular 
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and 
every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com-
pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di-
333 
rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results 
of the audit available to the public on the Internet website 
maintained by the Department, Administration, Founda-
tion, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 
available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial interest 
in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth-
ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 
substantially similar to the requirements in such sub-
334 
sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth-
ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti-
ties. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system, as defined for security categorization 
in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 
(NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publica-
tion 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 
Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 
has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to in-
form acquisition decisions for high-impact and mod-
erate-impact information systems within the Federal 
Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other ap-
propriate agencies; and
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(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appro-
priate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any 
risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the 
acquisition of such system, including any risk associ-
ated with such system being produced, manufactured, 
or assembled by one or more entities identified by the 
United States Government as posing a cyber threat, 
including but not limited to, those that may be 
owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Repub-
lic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Fed-
eration. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high- 
impact or moderate-impact information system reviewed 
and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as-
sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in the 
national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
336 
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus-
tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; 
The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act 
of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 
2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.
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SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable 
cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall imme-
diately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or 
Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall in-
clude in such notice: the date on which such determination 
was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; 
the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 
cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance 
or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes 
have contributed to the increase in total program costs or 
procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or pro-
curement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s 
management structure is adequate to control total project 
or procurement costs. 
SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifi-
cally authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504
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of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) dur-
ing fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 
and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 
tax returns required during the three years preceding the 
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 
than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 
unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability re-
mains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 
an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not 
in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 
administrative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby 
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, 
from the following accounts in the specified amounts—
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(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration— 
Economic 
Development 
Assistance 
Programs’’, 
$35,000,000, only from prior year appropriations; 
(2) 
‘‘Census 
Working 
Capital 
Fund’’, 
$10,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology—Working Capital Fund’’, $10,000,000; 
(4) 
‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses 
Fund’’, 
$12,440,000,000, only from amounts appropriated by 
section 101(e) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 
(Public Law 118–5); and 
(5) ‘‘Departmental Management—Working Cap-
ital Fund’’, $10,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available to the Department of Justice, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later 
than September 30, 2024, from the following accounts in 
the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $367,700,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Prison System—Buildings and Fa-
cilities’’, $19,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties—Office on Violence Against Women—Violence
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Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $5,000,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties—Office of Justice Programs’’, $120,000,000; and 
(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties—Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$15,000,000. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $131,572,000; and 
(2) ‘‘Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$500,000,000. 
(d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
September 1, 2024, specifying the amount of each rescission 
made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). 
(e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and 
(c) shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
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(f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) 
and (c) shall not be from— 
(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of 
paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local 
Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Pro-
grams—State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 
103 or Public Law 117–328; or 
(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 
under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv-
ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro-
grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 
103 or Public Law 117–328. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any sin-
gle conference occurring outside the United States unless— 
(1) such conference is a law enforcement training 
or operational conference for law enforcement per-
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sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in at-
tendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out-
side the United States; or 
(2) such conference is a scientific conference and 
the department or agency head determines that such 
attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within at least 15 days 
of that determination and the basis for that deter-
mination. 
SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 
plan and performance and accountability reports the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Details on future action the department, 
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts.
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(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the 
total number of expired grant accounts with 
undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 
year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 
and the total finances that have not been obligated to 
a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made avail-
able in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that 
are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy 
Management Program’’ designation. 
SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
(NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or 
execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of 
any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com-
pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 
a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.
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(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 
NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national 
security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the 
activity in question and shall include a description of the 
purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, 
and its location and timing. 
SEC. 527. (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, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and the 
State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed 
by the respective department or agency head, to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be
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below satisfactory performance or for performance that does 
not meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of Jus-
tice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect 
to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Geor-
gia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North 
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is-
land, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, 
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wis-
consin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto 
Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing their own 
laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cul-
tivation of medical marijuana.
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SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
employee of such Department or agency, including the pur-
pose of such travel. 
SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, re-
spectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants 
authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be 
allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent 
poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 per-
cent or more of its population living in poverty over the 
past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or 
any Territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
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mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 
States in connection with requiring an export license for 
the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 
attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 
on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions 
of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 
party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 
license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re-
quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 
the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans-
port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 
(a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than for 
end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin-
cial or Municipal Government of Canada;
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(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list-
ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic-
ipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc-
tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 
or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use 
in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary 
import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use 
in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian 
citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained 
inadequate import controls for the articles specified in sub-
section (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles 
has and continues to take place for use in international 
terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another na-
tion. The President shall terminate the requirements of a
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license when reasons for the temporary requirements have 
ceased. 
SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for 
a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ 
firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 
to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation 
of any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been 
denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 
2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particu-
larly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 
purposes.
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SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of 
funds as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made avail-
able to ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Representative— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in section 540(a) of division B of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority equivalent to the amount re-
scinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated 
on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
and shall be available for the same purposes, in addition 
to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and 
under the same authorities for which the funds were pro-
vided in Public Law 116–113, except that all references to
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‘‘2023’’ under such heading in Public Law 116–113 shall 
be deemed to refer instead to ‘‘2026’’. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available to ‘‘Of-
fice of the United States Trade Representative—Trade En-
forcement Trust Fund’’ in section 540(b) of division B of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority equivalent to the amount re-
scinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated 
on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
and shall be available for the same purposes, in addition 
to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and 
under the same authorities for which the funds were pro-
vided in Public Law 116–113, except that the reference to 
‘‘2023’’ under such heading in Public Law 116–113 shall 
be deemed to refer instead to ‘‘2026’’. 
(c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representa-
tives on June 8, 2022, are designated by the Congress as
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an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) Each amount provided by this section is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 541. Funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act and 
any remaining unobligated balances of funds made avail-
able to the Department of Commerce and the Department 
of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or from amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Department of Justice—Legal Activities—Fees and Ex-
penses of Witnesses’’, shall be available to provide payments 
pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 
U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, That payments made pursu-
ant to the matter preceding this proviso may not exceed 
$5,000,000 
for 
the 
Department 
of 
Commerce 
and 
$10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
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SEC. 542. Notwithstanding title II of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), up to 0.7 percent of amounts made available to the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration by such Act shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses, administration, and oversight of programs adminis-
tered by such Administration that received appropriations 
by such Act, in addition to amounts previously made avail-
able for such purpose: Provided, That all such amounts 
shall be available across such programs and shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses, administration, and over-
sight of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Pro-
gram (as authorized by section 902 of division N of Public 
Law 116–260) and of the Broadband Connectivity Infra-
structure Program (as authorized by section 905(d) of divi-
sion N of Public Law 116–260), regardless of the heading 
under which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That such amounts may be transferred between the 
appropriate accounts to carry out this section, in addition 
to authorities included elsewhere in such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That this section shall not reduce the total allocation 
for any State under Program Notices of Available Amounts 
dated June 30, 2023: Provided further, That amounts 
transferred pursuant to this section may be obligated only 
after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
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Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of the planned use of funds: Provided further, 
That amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the Budget are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal 
year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 
or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 
Virginia, to another location. 
SEC. 544. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subparagraph 
(F)’’ after ‘‘(a)(8)’’. 
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of
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the United States Code before the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 545. Section 107(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘total costs of the projects described 
in the application submitted’’ and inserting in its place 
‘‘total project cost. In general, this project match require-
ment may be satisfied by contributions or expenditures 
committed to improve victim support services that promote 
victim recovery and reintegration into society, provided 
that these contributions and expenditures are consistent 
with applicable grant requirements and approved project 
scope’’. 
SEC. 546. (a)(1)(A) Within 45 days of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 
made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 
fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec-
tion 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public 
Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in such 
paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the accounts speci-
fied, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and ac-
tivities specified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Allocation of National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the
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explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and pursu-
ant to the direction included in the classified annex accom-
panying this Act. 
(B) Not later than October 15, 2024, and notwith-
standing subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall allocate from the amounts made available 
from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semi-
conductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2025 
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of 
the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117– 
167), including the transfer authority in such paragraphs 
of that section of that Act, to the account specified, in the 
amount specified, and for the project and activity specified, 
in the table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Allocation of 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), and pursuant to the direction in-
cluded in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
(C) Not later than October 15, 2025, and notwith-
standing subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall allocate from the amounts made available 
from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semi-
conductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2026
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pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of 
the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117– 
167), including the transfer authority in such paragraphs 
of that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts not to exceed that specified, and for the projects 
and activities specified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of 
Commerce Allocation of National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and 
pursuant to the direction included in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 
amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen-
tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 
Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursu-
ant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division 
A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Science Foundation Allo-
cation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate 
any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year 
under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or 
under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is in effect an 
Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fis-
cal year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, That in any fiscal 
year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to 
the allocation, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for 
continuing administration of programs allocated funds 
from the CHIPS for America Fund, which may be allocated 
only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for 
such purposes in subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 
Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 
funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 
section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 
(a)(1) of this section; and 
(2) the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for
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America Workforce and Education Fund by sub-
section (a)(2) of this section. 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Com-
merce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, 
as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
proposed allocations by account and by program, project, 
or activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts made 
available under section 102(a)(2) and section 102(d)(2) of 
the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025. 
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National 
Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances 
of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
of this section, and section 543(a)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 117–328, the status of balances of projects and activi-
ties funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to section 543 (a)(2) 
of division B of Public Law 117–328, and the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section and sec-
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DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 
collection and study of basic information pertaining to 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 
for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restora-
tion projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for 
restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves-
tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and de-
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tailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior 
to construction, $142,990,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior 
year 
appropriations 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$11,413,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects 
authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications, of such projects (including those 
involving participation by States, local governments, or 
private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 
law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 
shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
construction); $1,854,688,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which $114,775,000, to be derived from the Har-
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bor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal 
share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged 
Material Disposal Facilities program; and of which such 
sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of the costs of 
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of 
inland waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland 
Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically 
provided for in law: Provided, That of the unobligated bal-
ances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $9,678,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available under this heading in division J 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) for which spend plan allocations have not been an-
nounced as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
$1,434,500,000 shall be used, regardless of project purpose 
and in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
such purposes, for projects specified in the table titled 
‘‘Corps of Engineers—Construction’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), and, when combined
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with the amounts made available in the matter preceding 
the first proviso under this heading, shall not in total exceed 
the amount for any project as specified in such table: Pro-
vided further, That projects receiving funds pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be subject to the terms and condi-
tions of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit directly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan that 
includes the amount that each project specified in the table 
titled ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Construction’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) will receive from 
amounts made available in the matter preceding the first 
proviso under this heading and from amounts repurposed 
pursuant to the third proviso under this heading: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work 
plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed under this heading that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
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gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 
valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by 
law, $368,037,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $6,057,000, to be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the 
work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $1,110,000 is 
rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; providing security for infra-
structure owned or operated by the Corps, including admin-
istrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 
channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public 
agency that serve essential navigation needs of general com-
merce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; 
clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstruc-
tions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $2,650,168,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the 
Federal share of eligible operations and maintenance costs 
for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors; 
of which such sums as become available from the special 
account for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived 
from that account for resource protection, research, inter-
pretation, and maintenance activities related to resource 
protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is avail-
able; of which such sums as become available from fees col-
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lected under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be 
used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees have 
been collected; and of which $58,000,000, to be derived from 
the general fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out sub-
section (c) of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform 
and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall 
be designated as being for such purpose pursuant to para-
graph (2) of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136): Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds 
provided for each of the programs, projects, or activities 
funded under this heading shall not be allocated to a field 
operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quar-
ter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the 
Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the 
Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appro-
priate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during 
the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not 
been used for emergency activities proportionally in accord-
ance with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, 
or activities: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not 
deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress: Provided further, That of the unobligated bal-
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ances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $30,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$221,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 
and other natural disasters and support emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such dis-
asters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the head-
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quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and oper-
ation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, 
the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army 
Engineer Research and Development Center, and the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center al-
locable to the civil works program, $216,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, 
That no part of any other appropriation provided in this 
title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of 
the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works execu-
tive direction and management activities of the division of-
fices: Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency operations, 
repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurri-
cane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR 
CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount
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may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the report required under section 101(d) 
of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 95 per-
cent of the additional funding provided under each heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), to 
specific programs, projects, or activities: Provided further, 
That not more than 90 percent of such amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for obligation 
until the Assistant Secretary provides in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
recommendations for the appropriate level of design during 
feasibility studies, the appropriate level of preconstruction 
engineering and design required before a construction new 
start, and how cost estimate classifications may best be ad-
justed for changing environments. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $2,200,000, to remain 
available until expended, for safety projects to maintain, 
upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National Inven-
tory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, local
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government, public utility, or private: Provided, That no 
project may be funded with amounts provided under this 
heading for a dam that is identified as jointly owned in 
the National Inventory of Dams and where one of those 
joint owners is the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act shall also be available for projects to construct, main-
tain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features with 
a primary owner type of state, municipal, county, private, 
or other non-Federal entity: Provided further, That no 
project may be funded with amounts provided under this 
heading for a levee unless the Secretary has certified in ad-
vance, in writing, that the levee is not owned, in whole or 
in part, by the Federal Government: Provided further, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total 
loan principal, including capitalized interest, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $440,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee 
authority under this heading for direct loans or commit-
ments to guarantee loans for any project shall be in accord-
ance with the criteria published in the Federal Register on
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June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Program Account’’ in division D of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 
94): Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading 
shall be available for any project unless the Secretary and 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget have 
certified in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan 
guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the 
criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Provided further, 
That any references to the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy (EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria referenced 
in the previous two provisos shall be deemed to be references 
to the Army Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the 
Army, respectively, for purposes of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office may request, and the Secretary 
shall promptly provide, documentation and information re-
lating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest sub-
mitted to the Secretary pursuant to a Notice of Funding 
Availability for applications for credit assistance under the 
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Pro-
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gram, including with respect to a project that was initiated 
or completed before the date of enactment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this 
account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Inno-
vation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 
CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2024, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been
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denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level
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less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 
may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 
changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judg-
ments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited 
reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to 
be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the 
Chief of Engineers shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of these emer-
gency actions as soon thereafter as practicable: Pro-
vided further, That for a base level over $1,000,000, 
reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up 
to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity 
is allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less 
than 
$1,000,000, 
the 
reprogramming 
limit 
is 
$150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be re-
programmed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 
reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), 
and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construc-
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tion, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the 
Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, respec-
tively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent 
of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 
(a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded 
under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which shall 
include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year 
enacted level;
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(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $8,200,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 
Engineers projects.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, 
after evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable 
manner for the disposal or management of dredged material 
originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it 
is approved under a State water quality certification pur-
suant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That until an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material is approved 
under a State water quality certification, the Corps of En-
gineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged 
material consistent with the requirements of section 101 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility 
requirements for assistance under section 5 of the Act of
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August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) in effect on November 
14, 2022, without express authorization by Congress. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other requirement, the 
remaining unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Con-
struction’’ in division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for which spend plan 
allocations have not been announced as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act (other than such balances otherwise 
repurposed by the third proviso under such heading in this 
title) may be made available for projects, in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for such purposes and 
regardless of project purpose, that have previously received 
funds under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in title IV of divi-
sion B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–123) subject to the terms and conditions of such title 
IV of division B as applicable and as specifically modified 
by section 111 of this Act, or in chapter 4 of title X of 
the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A 
of Public Law 113–2) subject to the terms and conditions 
of such chapter 4 of title X as applicable and as specifically 
modified by section 111 of this Act, and for which non- 
Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with 
the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section
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that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 110. The remaining unobligated balances from 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in 
title IV of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–43) for which 
spend plan allocations were announced prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be reallocated to the same 
project, including modifications thereto, and in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, that 
has previously received funds under such heading in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub-
lic Law 115–123), subject to the terms and conditions of 
such title IV of division B of Public Law 115–123 as appli-
cable and as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this sec-
tion that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget are designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 111. Studies or projects receiving funds under the 
following headings in the following Acts as of the date of 
enactment of this Act are not required to be completed with 
such funds and may receive funds from this Act or future 
Acts, and any additional funds for such studies and projects 
shall be subject to the same terms and conditions applicable 
to the following headings in the following Acts— 
(1) ‘‘Investigations’’ or ‘‘Construction’’ in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–123); 
(2) ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Construction’’ 
in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appro-
priations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113– 
2); and 
(3) ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Investigations’’ 
in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
SEC. 112. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available to ‘‘Corps of Engineers— 
Civil’’, the following funds shall be transferred from the fol-
lowing accounts and programs in the specified amounts to 
‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Investigations’’ and, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes,
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shall be used for studies that have previously received funds 
provided under the heading ‘‘Investigations’’ in title IV of 
division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–123) or under such heading in title III of division 
J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58) and for which non-Federal interests have en-
tered into feasibility cost sharing agreements with the Sec-
retary as of the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) $371,293.38 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
I of division B of Public Law 109–148; 
(2) $562,613.89 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 109– 
148 that were provided for the Mississippi River-Gulf 
Outlet channel; 
(3) $38,873.32 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
II of Public Law 109–234 that were provided for the 
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the North 
Padre Island, Texas project, the Sacramento, Cali-
fornia, Area project, and the Hawaii Water Systems 
Technical Assistance Program; 
(4) $95.55 from the combined unobligated bal-
ances under the ‘‘Construction’’ headings in chapter
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3 of title IV and chapter 3 of title V of Public Law 
110–28; 
(5) $83,734.13 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
III of Public Law 110–252, including amounts that 
were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicin-
ity project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and 
the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project; 
(6) $2,122.56 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 110–252; 
(7) $10.72 from the unobligated balances under 
the heading ‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ in 
chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 110–252; 
(8) $274,678.03 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in chapter 3 of title 
I of division B of Public Law 110–329 that were pro-
vided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity 
project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and the 
Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project; 
(9) $267,434.81 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 110– 
329;
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(10) $0.02 from the unobligated balances under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in title IV 
of Public Law 111–32; 
(11) $246,869.24 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
chapter 4 of title I of Public Law 111–212; and 
(12) $2,643,142.04 from the unobligated balances 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in 
title I of Public Law 112–77: 
Provided, That studies receiving funding pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 
heading ‘‘Investigations’’ in title IV of division B of the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123) or 
such heading in title III of division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), as applica-
ble and as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
being an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
387 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
388 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $4,650,000 shall be deposited 
into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,750,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for expenses necessary in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In-
terior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, of the 
amount made available to the Commission under this Act 
or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,990,000 for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
389 
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,751,698,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,051,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the 
Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That $500,000 shall 
be available for transfer into the Aging Infrastructure Ac-
count established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That such transfers, except 
for the transfer authorized by the preceding proviso, may 
be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap-
propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 
financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage En-
hancement Receipts account established by section 4011(e) 
of Public Law 114–322, or the Bureau of Reclamation spe-
cial fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be de-
rived from that Fund or account: Provided further, That 
funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until
390 
expended for the purposes for which the funds were contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are avail-
able until expended for the same purposes as the sums ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $5,500,000 
shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration 
Fund established by section 110 of title I of division B of 
appendix D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high- 
priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Pro-
vided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall 
be for grants and financial assistance for educational ac-
tivities: Provided further, That in accordance with section 
4007 of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the 
Secretary in a letter dated July 25, 2023, funding provided 
for such purpose in fiscal year 2023 and prior fiscal years 
shall be made available to the Sites Reservoir Project. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums as may 
be collected in fiscal year 2024 in the Central Valley Project 
Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3),
391 
and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation 
is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the addi-
tional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by 
section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in- 
stream purposes if the water is already committed to in- 
stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 
of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 
objectives of the Program.
392 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclamation 
Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 
377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That no 
part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be avail-
able for activities or functions budgeted as policy and ad-
ministration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase and replacement of not to exceed 
30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and 
Related Resources that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for obli-
393 
gation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim-
its, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita-
394 
tion category or the Resources Management and De-
velopment category to any program, project, or activ-
ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi-
ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 
specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ columns in the ‘‘Water and 
Related Resources’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title
395 
II—Department of the Interior’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 
the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 
the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 
Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior 
as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 
repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repay-
396 
ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 
Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec-
lamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United 
States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or 
drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reim-
bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 
studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$820,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$920,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as 
amended by section 204 of division D of Public Law 117– 
103, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’ 
each place it appears. 
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’.
397 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’ and by substituting 
‘‘$130,000,000’’ for ‘‘$120,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’.
398 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi-
ciency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$3,460,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $223,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy sector 
cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response ac-
tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
399 
tion, or expansion, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $28,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for program direc-
tion. 
ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity ac-
tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $280,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $19,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for program direc-
tion: Provided further, That funds under this heading allo-
cated for the purposes of section 9 of the Small Business 
Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), including for Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 
Transfer activities, or for the purposes of section 1001 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
16391(a)), for Technology Commercialization Fund activi-
ties, may be reprogrammed without being subject to the re-
strictions in section 301 of this Act.
400 
GRID DEPLOYMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for grid deploy-
ment in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for program direc-
tion. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $1,685,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$90,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction: Provided further, That for the pur-
pose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
401 
as amended, the only amount available shall be from the 
amount specified as including that purpose in the ‘‘Final 
Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included 
under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 
and development activities, under the authority of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and 
disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social 
and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$865,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
ENERGY PROJECTS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out community project funding activities, under the 
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act
402 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $83,724,000, to remain available 
until expended, for projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing for Energy Projects’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 
out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$13,010,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 
for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and oper-
ations and program management activities pursuant to the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $213,390,000, to remain available until expended. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pursu-
ant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 
of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239
403 
note), section 32204 of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and section 30204 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), 
$100,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,150,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis-
tration, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense 
environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$342,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to sub-
404 
section (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States 
Code, and deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 
pursuant to section 309 of title III of division C of Public 
Law 116–94 are appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for mercury storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities 
of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $855,000,000, 
to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina-
tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until 
expended, of which $0 shall be available in accordance with 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 35 pas-
405 
senger motor vehicles, $8,240,000,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$226,831,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nu-
clear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, 
as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund. 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for car-
rying 
out 
the 
activities 
of 
technology 
transitions, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for clean en-
ergy demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
406 
construction, or expansion, $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$27,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$460,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col-
lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, $70,000,000 is 
appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That up to $70,000,000 of fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 1702(h) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting 
collections under this heading and used for necessary ad-
407 
ministrative expenses in this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, 
That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2024 
exceed $70,000,000, those excess amounts shall be credited 
as offsetting collections under this heading and available 
in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
(1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2024 (esti-
mated at $70,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any re-
maining general fund appropriations can be derived from 
fees collected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-
vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not sub-
ordinate any loan obligation to other financing in violation 
of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordi-
nate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt 
obligations in violation of section 609.8 of title 10, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles
408 
Manufacturing Loan Program, $13,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $70,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for program direc-
tion. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $387,078,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 
as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 
cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of
409 
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, 
That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 
increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, 
That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 
revenues estimated to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2024 
may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95– 
238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$286,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $86,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out
410 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$19,108,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $118,056,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$2,581,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 
or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip-
ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to
411 
remain available until expended, of which, $92,800,000 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the Advanced Test Reac-
tor: Provided, That of such amount made available under 
this heading, $61,540,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2025, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $17,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic en-
ergy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$7,285,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of such amount, $326,893,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction. 
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 
environmental cleanup activities for Department of Energy 
contributions for uranium enrichment decontamination 
and decommissioning activities, $285,000,000, to be depos-
ited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup account, 
which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment De-
contamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic en-
ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified activi-
ties, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $1,080,000,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$381,593,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction.
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POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are 
approved for official reception and representation expenses 
in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2024, no new direct loan obligations may be 
made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $8,449,000, including official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $8,449,000 collected by the 
Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided
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further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$71,850,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
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western Power Administration, $52,326,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $40,886,000 collected by the 
Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $11,440,000: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $80,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Admin-
istration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to re-
cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses).
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CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7152), and other related activities including conservation 
and 
renewable 
resources 
programs 
as 
authorized, 
$313,289,000, including official reception and representa-
tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $313,289,000 shall be de-
rived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
and section 1 of the Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $213,417,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$99,872,000, of which $99,872,000 is derived from the Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31
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U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to 
recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $3,425,000, to remain available until expended, and 
to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provi-
sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $3,197,000 
collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discre-
tionary offsetting collections, to remain available until ex-
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pended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses 
of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated 
Western Area Power Administration activities: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an-
nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2024, the Administrator of the 
Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$1,872,000 in funds contributed by United States power 
customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into 
the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 
and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 
contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifi-
cally appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That 
any such funds shall be available without further appro-
priation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 
Commissioner of the United States Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission for the sole pur-
pose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these
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Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$520,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual 
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 
2024 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in 
this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 
during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Oppor-
tunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity 
if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by 
Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or 
more, including a contract covered by the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation; 
(C) provide nonoperational funding through a 
competition restricted only to Department of Energy 
National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 or more;
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(D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a 
Department of Energy National Laboratory totaling 
$25,000,000 or more; 
(E) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 
(F) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits 
in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress with-
in 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detail-
ing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award to-
taling less than $1,000,000 provided during the previous 
quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 
report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 
of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 
which the funds for the award were appropriated, the ac-
count and program, project, or activity from which the 
funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief 
description of the activity for which the award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
422 
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
is funded for the full period of performance as antici-
pated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
includes a clause conditioning the Federal Govern-
ment’s obligation on the availability of future year 
budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activi-
ties specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title 
III—Department of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 
of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed
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reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 
period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 
a specific program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not 
later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied.
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Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and there-
after may be accounted for as one fund for the same time 
period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified 
as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 
unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of 
Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compli-
ance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, 
until a separate independent cost estimate has been devel-
oped for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-
cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-
425 
ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project is 
carried out through internal independent project manage-
ment procedures. 
SEC. 305. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-
tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, West-
ern Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund of the 
Treasury in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 306. Only $35,000,000 of the amounts made 
available in this Act under the heading ‘‘Weapons Activi-
ties’’ for W80–4 Alteration-SLCM, as specified in the 
‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 
included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of En-
ergy’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 
the date on which the Administrator of the National Nu-
clear Security Administration certifies in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
that the Administrator is in compliance with the require-
ments of subsection (c) and subsection (d) of section 1642 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (Public Law 117–263). 
SEC. 307. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each
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heading in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58, 
an amount equal to the amount transferred from each such 
heading as of September 30, 2023, pursuant to section 303 
of Public Law 117–58 shall be transferred not later than 
15 days after the date of enactment of this Act to the Office 
of the Inspector General of the Department of Energy to 
oversee the funds made available to the Department of En-
ergy in Public Law 117–58: Provided, That any amounts 
so transferred that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the Budget are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) As of the date of enactment of this Act, of the 
amounts made available to the Department of Energy under 
each of sections 50121, 50141, 50142, 50143, 50144, 50145, 
50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of Public Law 117–169, 
two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Energy to oversee the funds made available to the 
Department of Energy in Public Law 117–169: Provided,
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That amounts so transferred shall be derived from the unob-
ligated balances of amounts under each such section. 
(c) Section 303 of Public Law 117–58 is amended by 
striking ‘‘through 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2023, and two- 
tenths of such amounts made available in each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2026’’: Provided, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the amendments made by this sub-
section that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the Budget are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal 
year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 
6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell 
one million barrels of refined petroleum product from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024. 
(b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury during fiscal year 2024. 
(c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary 
shall carry out the closure of the Northeast Gasoline Supply 
Reserve.
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(d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any 
new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for 
the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly 
requested in advance in an annual budget submitted by the 
President pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, and approved by the Congress in an appropriations 
Act. 
(2) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(A) the justification for the new reserve; 
(B) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
funding sources; 
(C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products 
may be released; 
(D) the location of the reserve; and 
(E) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum products 
from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any entity that 
is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese 
Communist Party; or (2) except on condition that such pe-
troleum products will not be exported to the People’s Repub-
lic of China.
429 
SEC. 310. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to award any 
grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or loan of 
$10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined 
in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117–167. 
(b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements 
under subsection (a) using a risk-based approach and ana-
lytical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, and maintain infor-
mation reported by an entity seeking or receiving such 
funds made available by this Act. 
(c) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under ap-
plicable international agreements. 
(d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require 
the submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or receiv-
ing such funds made available by this Act, documentation 
necessary to implement the requirements under subsection 
(a). 
(e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), shall not 
apply to the implementation of the requirements under this 
section. 
(f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall co-
ordinate to share relevant information necessary to imple-
ment the requirements under subsection (a).
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SEC. 311. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for fis-
cal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 the following shall 
be available, in addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able for these purposes: 
(1)(A) $500,000,000 for not more than two com-
petitive awards for commercial utility deployment 
projects for a grid scale Generation 3+ small mod-
ular reactor design pursuant to section 959A of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, of which $200,000,000 
shall 
be 
available 
in 
fiscal 
year 
2024 
and 
$300,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025; 
and 
(B) up to $300,000,000 for the not more than 
two awards made under subparagraph (A) shall be 
available in fiscal year 2026. 
(2) $100,000,000 for one or more competitive 
awards to support design, licensing, supplier develop-
ment, and site preparation of a grid-scale Generation 
3+ reactor design under the Advanced Small Mod-
ular Reactor RD&D program. 
(3)(A) $50,000,000 for university and college- 
based nuclear reactor safety training as authorized by
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law, including section 31 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, section 4 of the Nuclear Safety, Research, 
Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, and 
section 10745 of the Research and Development, Com-
petition, and Innovation Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–167); and 
(B) up to $50,000,000 for the training under 
subparagraph (A) shall be available in fiscal year 
2025. 
(b) Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursu-
ant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the Budget are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts previously appropriated under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’ 
in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) that were made available for fiscal 
years 2022, 2023, and 2024, up to $2,720,000,000 shall be 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available, for
432 
necessary expenses to carry out the Nuclear Fuel Security 
Act of 2023 (section 3131 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31)): 
Provided, That if insufficient unobligated balances are 
available from such fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 
amounts to fund a total amount for such purpose of up 
to $2,720,000,000, then up to $800,000,000 from amounts 
previously appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’ in division 
J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58) that are made available for fiscal year 2025 
may be made available, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available, for such purpose to meet such total amount: Pro-
vided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this 
section may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—En-
ergy Programs—American Energy Independence Fund’’ in 
either fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Energy may use the amounts 
repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursu-
ant to this section to enter into and perform such contracts, 
leases, cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions 
with public agencies and private organizations and persons, 
as authorized by section 646(a) of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7256(a)), for such periods 
of time and subject to such terms and conditions as the Sec-
433 
retary deems appropriate, without regard to section 161(u) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(u)): Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, re-
ceipts from the sale or transfer of LEU and HALEU or 
from any other transaction in connection with the amounts 
repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursu-
ant to this section shall hereafter be credited to the ‘‘Amer-
ican Energy Independence Fund’’ as discretionary offset-
ting collections and shall be available, for the same purposes 
as funds repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section, 
to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That receipts may 
hereafter be collected from transactions entered into pursu-
ant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(iii) of the Energy Act of 2020 
(42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, receipts from any transaction entered into 
pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii)) shall hereafter be 
credited to the ‘‘American Energy Independence Fund’’ as 
discretionary offsetting collections and shall be available, 
for the same purposes as funds repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section, to the extent and in the amounts 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Energy may use funds 
repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursu-
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ant to this section for a commitment only if the full extent 
of the anticipated costs stemming from that commitment 
is recorded as an obligation at the time that the commit-
ment is made and only to the extent that up-front obligation 
is recorded in full at that time: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
(b) Amounts may not be repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section until a law is enacted or adminis-
trative action is taken to prohibit or limit importation of 
LEU and HALEU from the Russian Federation or by a 
Russian entity into the United States. 
(c) The Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (section 
3131 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31)) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (f)(1)(B)(i) and (h)(4)(B)(i) to 
read as follows— 
‘‘(i) may not make commitments under 
this subsection (including cooperative agree-
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ments (used in accordance with section 
6305 of title 31, United States Code), pur-
chase agreements, guarantees, leases, service 
contracts, or any other type of commitment) 
for the purchase or other acquisition of 
HALEU or LEU unless funds are specifi-
cally provided for those purposes in advance 
in appropriations Acts enacted after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and’’. 
(2) in subjection (j) to read as follows— 
‘‘(j) REASONABLE COMPENSATION.—In carrying out 
activities under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that 
any LEU and HALEU made available by the Secretary 
under 1 or more of the Programs is subject to reasonable 
compensation, taking into account the fair market value of 
the LEU or HALEU and the purposes of this section.’’. 
SEC. 313. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 
funds made available to the Department of Energy in this 
or any other Act, including prior Acts and Acts other than 
appropriations Acts, may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of any contractor detailed to a Congressional Com-
mittee or Member Office or to the Executive Branch for 
longer than a 24-month period, to perform a scope of work, 
or participate in any matter, with the intent to influence 
decisions or determinations regarding a Department of En-
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ergy National Laboratory, or participate in any matter 
that may have a direct and predictable effect on the contrac-
tor’s employer or personal financial interest: Provided, 
That with respect to contractors detailed to a Congressional 
Committee or Member Office or to the Executive Branch 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, the initial 24-month 
period described in this subsection shall be deemed to have 
begun on the later of the date on which such contractor was 
detailed or the date that is 12 months before the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘con-
tractor’’ is defined to mean any contracted employee of a 
Department of Energy National Laboratory, as defined by 
section 2 (3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801). 
SEC. 314. (a) The fifty-first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’ in title III of 
division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking 
‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five 
percent’’. 
(b) The eighth proviso under the heading ‘‘Cybersecu-
rity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response’’ in title 
III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘five percent’’.
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(c) The tenth proviso under the heading ‘‘Electricity’’ 
in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58 is amended 
by striking ‘‘three percent’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘five percent’’. 
(d) The twenty-second proviso under the heading ‘‘Fos-
sil Energy and Carbon Management’’ in title III of division 
J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking ‘‘three per-
cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five percent’’. 
(e) The twenty-sixth proviso under the heading ‘‘Office 
of Clean Energy Demonstrations’’ in title III of division 
J of Public Law 117–58 is amended by striking ‘‘three per-
cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘five percent’’. 
(f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
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TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the Fed-
eral Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian 
Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of 
the administrative expenses of the Commission, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facili-
ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 
100–456, section 1441, $42,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the
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Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sec-
tions 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $31,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission in-
cluding the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant 
and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 307(c) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998, as amended, funds shall 
be available for construction projects for which the Denali 
Commission is the sole or primary funding source in an 
amount not to exceed 90 percent of total project cost for 
distressed communities, as defined by such section and by 
section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 
(113 Stat. 1501A–280), and for Indian Tribes, as defined 
by section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, and in 
an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed com-
munities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal share 
in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under 
this heading shall be available for the payment of such a 
non-Federal share for any project for which the Denali
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Commission is not the sole or primary funding source, pro-
vided that such project is consistent with the purposes of 
the Commission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $41,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not-
withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY 
For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Authority 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title
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40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 
and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $928,317,580, includ-
ing official representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated herein, not more than $10,350,720 
may be made available for salaries, travel, and other sup-
port costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That reve-
nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other serv-
ices and collections estimated at $794,341,580 in fiscal year 
2024 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 
expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2024 so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $133,976,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
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Act of 1978, $15,769,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That revenues from licensing 
fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 
estimated at $12,655,000 in fiscal year 2024 shall be re-
tained and be available until September 30, 2025, for nec-
essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $3,114,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this head-
ing, $1,520,000 shall be for Inspector General services for 
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, 
section 5051, $4,064,000, to be derived from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its 
Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Con-
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gressional requests for information, consistent with Depart-
ment of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be repro-
grammed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the 
use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any 
program funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 
period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance 
with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to 
human health, the environment, welfare, or national secu-
rity. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activ-
ity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise 
have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of 
the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the Com-
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mittees of such waiver and changes to funding levels to pro-
grams, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), 
the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be ex-
pended as directed in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for 
which funds are denied or restricted by this Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title 
III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority 
provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for 
any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explan-
atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority 
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services 
to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov-
ernment may be transferred to accounts funded in title III 
of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or trans-
fer authority provided in this Act or any other appropria-
446 
tions Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 
any authority whereby a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instru-
mentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer au-
thorities, except for any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and 
in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts 
transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification 
requirements for each authority. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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
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enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to admit any non- 
US citizen from Russia or China to any nuclear weapons 
production facility, as such term is defined in section 4002 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act, other than areas acces-
sible to the general public, unless 30 days prior to facility 
admittance, the Department of Energy provides notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services 
of both Houses of Congress. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024’’.
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DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 
of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,294,916,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025; of which $55,000,000 
for annual maintenance and deferred maintenance pro-
grams and $141,972,000 for the wild horse and burro pro-
gram, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Proc-
essing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-re-
lated expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas
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applications for permits to drill and related use of author-
izations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, up to $1,000,000 may be made 
available for the purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) 
of division G of Public Law 115–31 (43 U.S.C. 
1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 
may be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $150,000 is for projects specified for 
Land Management Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,294,916,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from
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communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $115,521,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made 
a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 
fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 
Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 
U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith-
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standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 
3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) 
and the amount designated for range improvements from 
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any 
moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 
section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set-
tlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section
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305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available 
and may be expended under the authority of this Act by 
the Secretary of the Interior to improve, protect, or rehabili-
tate any public lands administered through the Bureau of 
Land Management which have been damaged by the action 
of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unau-
thorized person, without regard to whether all moneys col-
lected from each such action are used on the exact lands 
damaged which led to the action: Provided further, That 
any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to 
repair damage to the exact land for which funds were col-
lected may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Public 
Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 
be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable
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agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 
purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States 
has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning vio-
lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with joint-
ly produced publications for which the cooperators share the 
cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That projects to be 
funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov-
ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup-
port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 
a reimbursable basis.
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,520,273,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That not to exceed $22,000,000 shall be used for imple-
menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except 
for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed 
and final regulations, and taking any other steps to imple-
ment actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), 
or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $44,920,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for 
projects specified for Stewardship Priorities in the table ti-
tled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Commu-
nity Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
455 
ther, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be trans-
ferred to the appropriate program, project, or activity 
under this heading and shall continue to only be available 
for the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were 
originally appropriated. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $19,280,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-
tion Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
456 
4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $20,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the
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amount provided herein, $6,100,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain-
ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$7,284,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $13,384,000 
and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro-
vided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; 
and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall apportion the remaining amount in 
the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on 
the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the 
total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of 
which is based on the ratio to which the population of such 
State bears to the total population of all such States: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts apportioned under this 
paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall
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be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects 
and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not 
exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided 
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may 
not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided fur-
ther, That any amount apportioned in 2024 to any State, 
territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as 
of September 30, 2025, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2026, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation
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areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and 
the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, 
and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and 
to which the United States has title, and which are used 
pursuant to law in connection with management, and in-
vestigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under co-
operative cost sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing 
either in cash or services and the Service determines the 
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air-
craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 
the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re-
source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of which 
$11,661,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $110,980,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
structed assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance 
projects for constructed assets and cultural resources and 
$10,000,000 for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 
54, United States Code shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and not to exceed $15,000 may be for offi-
cial reception and representative expenses: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading in this Act are 
available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95– 
348: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9 of 
the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act 
(36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), 
$3,300,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be made available for the purposes specified by that Act: 
Provided further, That sections 7(b) and 8 of that Act shall 
be amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
1, 2025’’.
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In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of 
Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount depos-
ited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Serv-
ices Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, 
to remain available until expended, shall be derived from 
such Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $91,233,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which $1,640,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $188,666,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which $25,500,000 shall be for
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Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of nation-
ally significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized 
by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 
Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non- 
Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That 
all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, 
$1,250,000 is for competitive grants for the survey and 
nomination of properties to the National Register of His-
toric Places and as National Historic Landmarks associ-
ated with communities currently under-represented, as de-
termined by the Secretary; $24,000,000 is for competitive 
grants to preserve the sites and stories of the African Amer-
ican Civil Rights movement; $5,000,000 is for competitive 
grants to preserve sites related to the struggle of all people 
to achieve equal rights in America; $11,000,000 is for 
grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities; 
$12,500,000 is for competitive grants for the restoration of 
historic properties of national, State, and local significance 
listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register 
of Historic Places, to be made without imposing the usage
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or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 
302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; 
$7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor the 
semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States by re-
storing and preserving sites and structures listed on the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places that commemorate the 
founding of the nation; and $19,766,000 is for projects spec-
ified for the Historic Preservation Fund in the table titled 
‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That such 
competitive grants shall be made without imposing the 
matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, 
United States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined 
in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Govern-
ments, and non-profit organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and com-
pliance and planning for programs and areas administered 
by the National Park Service, $172,255,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
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any other provision of law, for any project initially funded 
in fiscal year 2024 with a future phase indicated in the 
National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Construction 
Plan, a single procurement may be issued which includes 
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solic-
itation and contract shall contain the clause availability 
of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, 
That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions 
Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the original 
scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park 
Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, in accordance with current re-
programming thresholds, prior to making any charges au-
thorized by this section. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
challenge cost share agreements, $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of each project or program shall be derived 
from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, as-
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sets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 
credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure 
by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 
any unit within the National Park System to extinguish 
or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold sur-
render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur-
pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran-
chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li-
ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred-
ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting 
unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or 
reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation 
Fund 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
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thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2021 or prior fiscal years under the 
heading 
‘‘National 
Park 
Service—Construction’’, 
$18,500,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘National Park Service—Construc-
tion’’ in division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328), $9,000,000 is permanently re-
scinded from amounts made available for equipment re-
placement under such heading, as specified in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 of the matter preceding 
division A of such Act.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related 
purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,455,434,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025; of which $95,334,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $74,840,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco-
system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in