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States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as 
a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen 
when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 
and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That 
any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 
$4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions 
of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That this section shall not
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apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States on the date of enactment 
of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more 
than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De-
partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu-
ant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
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recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
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the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 
are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 
support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt-
ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
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nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency pre-
paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro-
vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi-
vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, 
(pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of 
the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
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quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants;
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(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
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eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 
when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au-
thorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 
5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title and the United States 
Postal Service. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to
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perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys-
tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 
U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort 
and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the 
performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol-
icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 
charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 
shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv-
ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, in-
cluding improving coordination and reducing duplication, 
as approved by the Director of the Office of Management
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and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate inter-
agency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director 
(including the President’s Management Council for overall 
management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial 
Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the 
Chief Information Officers Council for information tech-
nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun-
cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform-
ance Improvement Council for performance improvement 
initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans-
ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to im-
prove coordination, reduce duplication, and for other ac-
tivities related to Federal Government Priority Goals estab-
lished by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 
for Government-wide innovations, initiatives, and activi-
ties: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for 
reimbursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Gov-
ernment-Wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2024 shall remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General 
Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
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mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Account-
ability of the House of Representatives a detailed spend 
plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided 
further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: 
(i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under this 
section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or 
reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed breakdown 
of the purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or 
reimbursed pursuant to this section (including total number 
of personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are pro-
vided for by this section); (iii) where applicable, a descrip-
tion of the funds intended for use by or for the benefit of 
each executive council; and (iv) where applicable, a descrip-
tion of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa-
tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, 
That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursu-
ant to this section until 15 days following notification of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 
Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and
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her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca-
tion. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and 
similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive 
Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide a report describing 
the budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publi-
cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall 
comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title 
2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section 
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants 
received by a State receiving Federal funds.
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SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or
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(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
is a system security action taken by the operator of 
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
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(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
gious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 
any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi-
vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in-
dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring 
the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping 
in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re-
search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au-
thorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 
agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern-
ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program.
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SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple-
ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast 
Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement 
the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 
of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in 
the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 
9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees 
to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or 
lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized 
to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 
contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 
accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 
be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
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packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi-
cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress.
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2024, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and 
shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any 
entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
any of the following information as a condition of submit-
ting the offer:
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(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 
is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 
to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency
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(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2024, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2024, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2024, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2024 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and
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(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2024 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2023, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2023, except to the extent determined by the Office of
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Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2023. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2024 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be—
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(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2023. 
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2024 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000.
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(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
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cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2024 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
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tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 
made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 
of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 
an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated
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investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 
such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in-
formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General or the Office of Special Counsel 
of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mis-
management, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, 
or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safe-
ty, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The defini-
tions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and li-
abilities created by controlling Executive orders and statu-
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tory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and 
are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the pre-
ceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form 
or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected 
with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related 
activity, other than an employee or officer of the United 
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to 
the particular activity for which such document is to be 
used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require 
that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 
not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official 
of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that 
are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 
into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a).
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SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 
unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government.
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SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2024, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public website. 
SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the 
rate payable to the Vice President during calendar year 
2024 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President on De-
cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–328. 
(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 
2024 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re-
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ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2024, except as 
provided in subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision 
of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject 
to subsection (b) in the same manner as other employees 
who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above the official rate for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, an employee described in paragraph 
(1) may not receive a pay rate increase during calendar 
year 2024, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code, or similar authority) at or above the official rate for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a polit-
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SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of the 
relevant department or agency, as the case may be, shall 
report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts and 
a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each 
report shall also be transmitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
and the Comptroller General on the same date the report 
is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the execu-
tive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and any other ap-
propriate congressional committees if— 
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of title 
31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obliga-
tion of such appropriation or the execution of a pro-
gram, project, or activity by such department or 
agency.
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(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional com-
mittee pursuant to this section shall contain information 
identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation name, 
and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund ac-
count. 
SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 
provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2024 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of the Stand-
ing Rules of the Senate that is included in the report or 
explanatory statement accompanying any such Act shall be 
deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award with respect 
to such funds for purposes of the requirements of 2 CFR 
200.334, regarding records retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, 
regarding access by the Comptroller General of the United 
States. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 
amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities described 
in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the Comp-
troller General. 
SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds made 
available by this or any other Act to any Federal agency
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may be used by that Federal agency for interagency funding 
for coordination with, participation in, or recommenda-
tions involving, activities of the U.S. Army Medical Re-
search and Development Command, the Congressionally Di-
rected Medical Research Programs and the National Insti-
tutes of Health research programs. 
SEC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services 
Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, funds made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates 
from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these 
funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall be 
administered by the Administrator of General Services to 
carry out the purposes of the Federal Citizen Services Fund 
and to support Government-wide and other multi-agency 
financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
activities, including services authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 
and enabling Federal agencies to take advantage of infor-
mation technology in sharing information: Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘Gen-
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eral Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services 
Fund’’ during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for 
obligation through September 30, 2025: Provided further, 
That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan for 
the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further, 
That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the 
amounts currently in the funds authorized under this sec-
tion and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or reim-
bursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed breakdown of the 
purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or reim-
bursed pursuant to this section (including total number of 
personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are provided 
for by this section); and (iii) where applicable, a descrip-
tion of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa-
tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, 
That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursu-
ant to this section until 15 days following notification of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget.
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SEC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2024, new budget authority 
provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary 
spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional 
Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending 
limit in such category for fiscal year 2024 shall be made 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
in the amount of the excess but the total of all such adjust-
ments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted 
discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fis-
cal year. 
SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the unobligated balances of funds made available in divi-
sion J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub-
lic Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded by 
this or any other Act may be transferred to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their respon-
sibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required 
by section 7 of such Act, in connection with activities and 
projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Provided, That such 
transfers shall support activities and projects executed by 
the department or agency making such transfer: Provided
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further, That such transfers shall be approved by the head 
of such department or agency making such transfer: Pro-
vided further, That each department or agency shall provide 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate no less than 30 
days prior to such transfer: Provided further, That any such 
transfers from the Department of Transportation, including 
from agencies within the Department of Transportation, 
shall be from funding provided for personnel, contracting, 
and other costs to administer and oversee grants: Provided 
further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section 
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in this section shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred pursuant to this section that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment 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 en-
forcement in the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed-
eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able 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 agen-
cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which—
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(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2024. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 
workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the
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District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney 
General or any other officer or entity of the District govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on 
briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 
of the District government regarding such lawsuits.
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SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 
purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens 
in any location that has been determined by the local public 
health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro-
priate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 
religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 
or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso-
ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance
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under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational 
purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expendi-
ture by the District of Columbia government under any au-
thority shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for fiscal year 2024 that is in the 
total amount of the approved appropriation and that re-
aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other- 
than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum-
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bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan-
ticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The 
revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local 
funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 
fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act.
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(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap-
ital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli-
gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2024 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, 
shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli-
ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2025, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
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this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man-
ner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2025 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2025 if any other provision 
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States relating to the District of Columbia (sec. 
9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with respect 
to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long Bridge 
Project.
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(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new Long 
Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over the Poto-
mac River, including related infrastructure and other re-
lated projects, to expand commuter and regional passenger 
rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian access cross-
ings over the Potomac River. 
SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each Federal and District government agen-
cy appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that 
includes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for 
each Federal funds appropriation provided in this Act, by 
the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 819. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 
IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, 
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$363,582,000, of which $22,050,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That $5,000,000 shall 
be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, responses to all questions for 
the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget 
submission for the Department of Homeland Security held 
by such Committees prior to July 1: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $8,113,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026.
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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for Federal assistance 
through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
activities, $33,000,000, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
of which $18,000,000 shall be for targeted violence and ter-
rorism prevention grants and of which $15,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the 
Alternatives to Detention Case Management pilot program. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for operations and support, including vehicle fleet mod-
ernization, $1,722,204,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$260,433,000, of which $87,670,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, and of which $172,763,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028.
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FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned 
and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
Protective Service. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational 
Awareness for operations and support, $345,410,000, of 
which $105,701,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses and not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated 
with secure space at fusion centers, including improvements 
to buildings. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for operations and support, $220,127,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector 
General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2024, to 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means 
other than full and open competition during fiscal years 
2023 or 2024. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance 
with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 
of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not later than Feb-
ruary 15, 2025. 
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 
of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that includes 
total obligations of the Department for that month and for 
the fiscal year at the appropriation and program, project, 
and activity levels, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers of
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funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 
United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may 
be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified of the 
proposed transfer. 
SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use of 
Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security 
personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the 
Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made avail-
able for the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 
2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition Oversight 
list between Acquisition Decision Event and Full Oper-
ational Capability, including programs that have been re-
moved from such list during the preceding quarter. 
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in 
subsection (a) shall include—
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(1) a description of the purpose of the program, 
including the capabilities being acquired and the 
component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 
(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 
be acquired annually until procurement is complete 
under the current acquisition program baseline; 
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, includ-
ing— 
(A) the current acquisition phase by incre-
ment, as applicable; 
(B) the date of the most recent review; and 
(C) whether the program has been paused or 
is in breach status; 
(4) a comparison between the initial Depart-
ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 
schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 
and the program’s current such thresholds and objec-
tives, if applicable; 
(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com-
parison to the Future Years Homeland Security Pro-
gram, including— 
(A) the confidence level for the estimate; 
(B) the fiscal years included in the esti-
mate;
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(C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior 
five years, the current year, and the budget year; 
(D) a breakout of the estimate by appro-
priation account or other funding source; and 
(E) a description of and rationale for any 
changes to the estimate as compared to the pre-
viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 
during the prior fiscal year; 
(6) a summary of the findings of any inde-
pendent verification and validation of the items to be 
acquired or an explanation for why no such 
verification and validation has been performed; 
(7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro-
gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obliga-
tion of funds for the current fiscal year, and an esti-
mate for the planned carryover of funds into the sub-
sequent fiscal year; 
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major sub-
contractors; and 
(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, sched-
ule, or performance that could result in a program 
breach if not successfully mitigated. 
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit 
each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for pro-
grams described in this section to the Committees on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than five business days after the date of approval 
of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment or the designee of the Under Secretary. 
SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior ap-
propriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or 
demonstration unless the component or office carrying out 
such pilot or demonstration has documented the informa-
tion described in subsection (c). 
(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 
available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot or 
demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management shall 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the infor-
mation described in subsection (c). 
(c) The information required under subsections (a) 
and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol-
lowing— 
(1) documented objectives that are well-defined 
and measurable; 
(2) an assessment methodology that details— 
(A) the type and source of assessment data; 
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, col-
lecting such data; and
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(C) how such data will be analyzed; and 
(3) an implementation plan, including mile-
stones, cost estimates, and implementation schedules, 
including a projected end date. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion 
of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e), the 
Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate detailing lessons learned, actual 
costs, any planned expansion or continuation of the pilot 
or demonstration, and any planned transition of such pilot 
or demonstration into an enduring program or operation. 
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi-
mental program, or trial that— 
(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con-
ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, 
or adverse events, and improve upon the design of an 
effort prior to implementation of a larger scale effort; 
and 
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 
obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, 
but does not include congressionally directed pro-
grams or enhancements and does not include pro-
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grams that were in operation as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini-
tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con-
tract for the acquisition of information technology services 
or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 
a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance 
agreement funded by the Department. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter-
national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 
laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian 
efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, mainte-
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nance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and un-
manned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals 
for personal services abroad; $18,426,870,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the collec-
tion of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 
9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of 
which $500,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025; and of which such sums as become available in the 
Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 
13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived 
from that account: Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be 
available for payment for rental space in connection with 
preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to in-
formants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 
$650,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to support shel-
tering and related activities provided by non-Federal enti-
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ties, in support of relieving overcrowding in short-term 
holding facilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
of which not to exceed $9,100,000 shall be for the adminis-
trative costs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 may be 
transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the mainte-
nance and repair of roads on Native American reservations 
used by the U.S. Border Patrol. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 
and unmanned aerial systems, $850,170,000, of which 
$758,056,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, and of which $92,114,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for operations and support, including the 
purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement 
only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and mainte-
nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve-
ments at owned and leased facilities; $9,501,542,000; of 
which not less than $6,000,000 shall remain available until
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expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child 
labor; of which $46,696,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025; of which not less than $2,000,000 is 
for paid apprenticeships for participants in the Human 
Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue Corps; of 
which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for inves-
tigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 
operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Co-
ordination 
Center; 
and 
of 
which 
not 
less 
than 
$5,082,218,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and re-
moval operations, including transportation of unaccom-
panied alien minors: Provided, That not to exceed $41,475 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for conducting special operations 
under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 
(19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform-
ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reim-
burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens 
unlawfully present in the United States.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $55,520,000, of which $35,420,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026, and of which 
$20,100,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$10,164,968,000, of which $600,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 
$7,650 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That security service fees author-
ized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collec-
tions and shall be available only for aviation security: Pro-
vided further, That the sum appropriated under this head-
ing from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$6,744,968,000.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $40,678,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for research and development, $14,641,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper-
ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and 
service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 
$31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats nec-
essary for overseas deployments and activities; payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 
402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 
$10,054,771,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for defense- 
related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the
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purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026; of which 
$24,717,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, for environmental compliance and restoration; and 
of which $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, which shall only be available for vessel 
depot level maintenance: Provided, That not to exceed 
$23,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procure-
ment, construction, and improvements, including aids to 
navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Depart-
ment of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), and 
vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
$1,413,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research 
and development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, 
and 
operation 
of 
facilities 
and 
equipment;
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$7,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authorities, 
private sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 
356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts, 
combat-related special compensation, and payments for 
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$1,147,244,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 
United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the 
District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform 
protective functions; conduct of and participation in fire-
arms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behav-
ioral research in support of protective intelligence and oper-
ations; payment in advance for commercial accommoda-
tions as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
and payment, without regard to section 5702 of title 5, 
United States Code, of subsistence expenses of employees 
who are on protective missions, whether at or away from 
their duty stations; $3,007,982,000; of which $138,383,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of 
which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related 
to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of 
which up to $24,000,000 may be for calendar year 2023 
premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limi-
tation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 
5547 note), as last amended by Public Law 118–38: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That
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not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assist-
ance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza-
tions in criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of 
the United States Secret Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$75,598,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $4,217,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public 
Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation limita-
tions, shall apply with respect to funds made available in 
this Act in the same manner as such section applied to 
funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fiscal year 
2024’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail-
able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
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ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding pro-
vided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appro-
priation in fiscal year 2024 from amounts authorized to 
be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade 
Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–125), or other 
such authorizing language. 
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such col-
lections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of
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$31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 
this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 
the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 
or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil dis-
tributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with
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the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transpor-
tation and representatives from the United States flag mar-
itime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use 
of United States flag vessels. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 
2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation 
and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transpor-
tation, and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for
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the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for 
any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obli-
gated prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public 
Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the construc-
tion of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner 
as such section applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 
be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 
Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
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derived by the collection of fees available to the components 
funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or 
planned vetting operations at existing locations unless spe-
cifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 211. Of the total amount made available under 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’, $850,170,000 shall be avail-
able only as follows: 
(1) $283,500,000 for the acquisition and deploy-
ment of border security technologies; 
(2) $380,900,000 for trade and travel assets and 
infrastructure; 
(3) $92,114,000 for facility construction and im-
provements; 
(4) $75,983,000 for integrated operations assets 
and infrastructure; and 
(5) $17,673,000 for mission support and infra-
structure. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation 
of law enforcement authority authorized under section 
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector
347 
General determines that the terms of the agreement gov-
erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio-
lated. 
SEC. 213. (a) None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any con-
tract for the provision of detention services if the two most 
recent overall performance evaluations received by the con-
tracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent 
median score in any subsequent performance evaluation 
system. 
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub-
section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility. 
SEC. 214. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 215. The reports required to be submitted under 
section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260) 
shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each matter 
required to be included in such reports by such section 216
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shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent 
during the period described in such section 216. 
SEC. 216. The terms and conditions of sections 216 
and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) 
shall apply to this Act. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate an obligation plan for amounts made 
available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement’’, delineated by level II program, project, and 
activity. 
SEC. 218. (a) Members of the United States House of 
Representatives and the United States Senate, including the 
leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 
including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre-
taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 
Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 
the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 
Federal passenger and baggage screening.
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(b) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act may be used to carry out legislation altering the appli-
cability of the screening requirements outlined in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, any funds in the 
Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for 
the procurement and installation of explosives detection sys-
tems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for 
the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 220. Not later than 45 days after the submission 
of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro-
priations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a single report that fulfills the following require-
ments: 
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 
and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin-
350 
uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 
the replacement of aged, transportation security 
equipment; 
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re-
quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of the 
Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 
(Public Law 113–245); and 
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening 
Technologies report as required by the Senate Report 
accompanying the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 115–283). 
SEC. 221. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves-
sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
and credited to the appropriation made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and 
Support’’. 
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay ex-
penses of recreational vessel documentation under such sec-
tion 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel ap-
plications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 
documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter
351 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 222. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a future-years capital investment plan 
as described in the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ in 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject to the re-
quirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems Cen-
ter mission or its government-employed or contract staff lev-
els. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 225. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers,