tion, and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 
of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 
than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 
Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 
training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac-
tivities, and other support services as authorized 
under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for the col-
laborative reform model of technical assistance in 
furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 
Act (34 U.S.C. 10381): Provided further, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no 
less than $4,000,000 is for grant programs to create 
civilian review boards and develop best practices for 
civilian review boards; 
(2) $15,000,000 is for activities authorized by 
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $16,500,000 is for competitive grants to 
State law enforcement agencies in States with high 
seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth-
amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei-
zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
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paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet-
amine traffickers; 
(4) $36,500,000 is for competitive grants to 
statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 
high rates of primary treatment admissions for her-
oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 
shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 
or investigate illicit activities, including activities re-
lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis-
tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 
and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
collaboration; 
(5) $55,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
administered by the Community Oriented Policing 
Services Office for purposes authorized under the 
STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 
Public Law 115–141); 
(6) $50,000,000 is for community policing de-
velopment activities in furtherance of section 1701 
of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381); and 
(7) $93,527,000 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and interoperable communications program, 
and related law enforcement and public safety equip-
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ment, which shall be used for the projects, and in 
the amounts, in the table titled ‘‘Community Ori-
ented Policing Services, Technology and Equipment 
Community Projects’’, in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That such amounts may not be 
transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, 
That grants funded by such amounts shall not be 
subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 
U.S.C. 10383). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 203. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
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ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 204. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol-
lowing— 
(1) paragraph 1(Q) under the heading ‘‘State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 
(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
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than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 206. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 208. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
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ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 
or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 211. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head-
ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus-
tice Programs’’— 
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(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to 
the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-
bursement programs may be used by such Office to 
provide training and technical assistance; and 
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs under such head-
ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 
research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-
tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 
and merged with funds provided to the National In-
stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 
statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza-
tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(Q) under the 
heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’. 
SEC. 212. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 
Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-
ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal years 2020 through 2023 for the following pro-
grams, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 
and local reentry demonstration projects under part 
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FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-
guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 
30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 
such Act. 
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(Q) under the 
heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds made available under 
this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un-
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less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-
tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 215. Discretionary funds that are made avail-
able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 
be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 
authorized under such authorities as have been enacted 
for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts 
in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 216. The Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic-
tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 
Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re-
ports shall contain at least the same level of information 
and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 217. In this fiscal year, amounts credited to and 
made available in the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund as an offsetting collection pursuant to sec-
tion 11013 of Public Law 107–273 shall be so credited 
and available as provided in that section. 
SEC. 218. Section 3201 of the Crime Control Act of 
1990 (28 U.S.C. 509 note), is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘or the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal Pris-
on System, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, or the United States Marshals 
Service’’; and 
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘25,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘50,000’’. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 
or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 
Virginia, to another location. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
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and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $7,965,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-
cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 
100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 
personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 
and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-
tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
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5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $7,905,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
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craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $1,250,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That $227,000,000 shall be for RESTORE–L/SPace In-
frastructure DExterous Robot: Provided further, That 
$110,000,000 shall be for the development, production, 
and demonstration of a nuclear thermal propulsion sys-
tem, of which $80,000,000 shall be for the design of a 
flight demonstration system: Provided further, That, not 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall pro-
vide a plan for the design of a flight demonstration. 
DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
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allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,323,700,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not less 
than $1,338,700,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,600,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
neously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, in-
cluding for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 
not less than $600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B 
development including the Exploration Upper Stage and 
associated systems including related facilitization, to sup-
port an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch on 
Artemis IV in addition to the planned Block 1 missions 
for Artemis I through Artemis III: Provided further, That 
up to $749,900,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Sys-
tems and associated Block 1B activities, including up to 
$232,100,000 for a second mobile launch platform: Pro-
vided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 
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Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year 
budget profile for an integrated system that includes the 
SLS, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associ-
ated ground systems that will ensure a crewed launch as 
early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 
for a sustained launch cadence that contemplates the use 
of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an 8.4 meter fair-
ing and associated ground systems. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
ministrative aircraft, $4,256,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $150,100,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, of which 
$26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $62,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
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program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $3,138,700,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That if available balances in 
the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 
Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse-
ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 
such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available from amounts made available under this heading 
to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$4,171,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘NASA Community 
Projects’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for the projects 
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referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred 
for any other purpose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $424,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2023 in an amount not 
to exceed $20,000,000: Provided further, That each an-
nual budget request shall include an annual estimate of 
gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds 
collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United 
States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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$48,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac-
tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 
percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-
vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
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tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 
is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 
projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria-
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tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-
matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi-
tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 
made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 
‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Deep Space Explo-
ration Systems’’, and ‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and 
activities for engaging students in STEM and increasing 
STEM research capacities of universities, including Mi-
nority Serving Institutions. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $7,705,530,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which not to exceed 
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$640,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$187,230,000, to remain available until expended. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics, and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference 
rooms 
in 
the 
District 
of 
Columbia, 
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$1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$460,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2023 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
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Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $5,090,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $23,393,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 
days in advance of any planned divestment through trans-
fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
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any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-
cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
NSF NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘NSF Non-
recurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That un-
obligated balances of expired discretionary funds appro-
priated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the 
General Fund of the Treasury to the National Science 
Foundation by this or any other Act may be transferred 
(not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 
last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided 
further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be 
available until expended, and in addition to such other 
funds as may be available for such purposes, for informa-
tion and business technology system modernization and fa-
cilities infrastructure improvements, including non-
recurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of the 
Foundation or its funded research facilities, subject to ap-
proval by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated only 
after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
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Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of the planned use of funds. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$14,350,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 
out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
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of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That not-
withstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be 
used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Sta-
tus of Black Men and Boys. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$464,650,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
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Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 
or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 
with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 
this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and 
use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com-
mission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $122,400,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $675,000,000, of which $631,100,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
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additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 204 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
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except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2022 and 
2023, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap-
plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 
relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the gov-
erning body of an entity providing legal assistance shall 
be deemed to be satisfied if at least 33 percent of such 
governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meet-
ing the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C 2996f(c)), and section 
502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 shall not apply. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $60,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
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shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
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SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
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SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
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unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
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of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab-
lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex-
cess of $2,050,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 
available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 
of Inspector General and remain available until expended 
for oversight and auditing purposes associated with this 
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section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 
for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re-
quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 
to improve services for victims of crime. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-
poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 
which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 
may include preliminary findings and a description of 
areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
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ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 
any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 
the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-
net website maintained by the Department, Administra-
tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial inter-
est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
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(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 
which the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 
impact information system, as defined for security cat-
egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
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moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
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(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
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letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 
1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 
Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 
such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 
to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 
in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase 
in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
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mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2023 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 
years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 
of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
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offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Jus-
tice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 
than September 30, 2023, from the following accounts in 
the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $15,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $75,000,000; and 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, 
Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$15,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby per-
manently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2023, 
from the following accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 
and 
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(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$100,000,000. 
(c) The Departments of Justice shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a report no later than September 
1, 2023, specifying the amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 
(d) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections 
(a) and (b) shall not be derived from— 
(1) amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985; 
(2) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) 
of paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice 
Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 
117–103; or 
(3) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 
under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv-
ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro-
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grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 
103. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 
301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United 
States unless— 
(1) such conference is a law enforcement train-
ing or operational conference for law enforcement 
personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 
attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 
outside the United States; or 
(2) such conference is a scientific conference 
and the department or agency head determines that 
such attendance is in the national interest and noti-
fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 
days of that determination and the basis for that de-
termination. 
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SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, 
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 
in expired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 
the total number of expired grant accounts with 
undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 
year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 
and the total finances that have not been obligated 
to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made 
available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 
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that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En-
ergy Management Program’’ designation. 
SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
(NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 
or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 
of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com-
pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 
a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 
NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national 
security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
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States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
the activity in question and shall include a description of 
the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 
law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
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Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 
the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 
signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 
judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per-
formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 
contract. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 
this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 
respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
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New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash-
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 
respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 
from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 
distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari-
juana. 
SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 
by any employee of such Department or agency, including 
the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 
respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 
grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 
be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 
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Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per-
sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 
20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 
the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area 
Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial cen-
sus, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty 
Estimates, or any Territory or possession of the United 
States. 
SEC. 534. Funds made available to the Department 
of Commerce and under the heading ‘‘Department of Jus-
tice—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ in this Act and any remaining unobligated bal-
ances of funds made available to the Department of Com-
merce and under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice— 
Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall 
be available to provide payments pursuant to section 
901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): 
Provided, That payments made pursuant to the matter 
preceding this proviso may not exceed $2,000,000 for the 
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Department of Commerce and $5,000,000 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation. 
SEC. 535. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
(NSpC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 
or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 
of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally in any way with the Russian Federation or any Rus-
sian-owned company unless such activities are specifically 
authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Russian visi-
tors at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 
NSpC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, have certified— 
(1) will pose no risk of resulting in the transfer 
of technology, data, or other information with na-
tional security or economic security implications to 
the Russian Federation or a Russian-owned com-
pany; and 
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(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities related to the International 
Space Station (ISS), U.S. commercial launches supporting 
ISS, other ongoing cooperative science activities, and ur-
gent safety matters. 
(e) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
the activity in question and shall include a description of 
the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 
support, live tissue training. 
SEC. 537. (a) None of the funds in this Act may be 
used for design or construction of the Mobile Launcher 
2 until 30 days after the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) submits a plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate (the 
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‘‘Committees’’), the Government Accountability Office, 
and the Office of Inspector General of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration detailing a cost and 
schedule baseline for the Mobile Launcher 2. Such plan 
shall include each of the requirements described in sub-
section (c)(2) of section 30104 of title 51, United States 
Code, as well as an estimated date for completion of design 
and construction of the Mobile Launcher 2. 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the submission of 
the plan described in subsection (a), and every 90 days 
thereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Commit-
tees, the Government Accountability Office, and the Office 
of Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration on steps taken to implement such 
plan. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent 
an Indian Tribe (as such term is defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) from enacting or implementing a 
tribal law that authorizes the use, distribution, possession, 
or cultivation of marijuana. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent 
a State, the District of Columbia, or a Territory of the 
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United States from implementing a law authorizing the 
use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of marijuana. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used to inves-
tigate or prosecute any individual that (i) crosses state 
lines to access abortion services or (ii) provides assistance 
to another individual to obtain abortion services. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement a limit on reimbursement 
available to a local law enforcement jurisdiction under the 
Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program for 
the purpose of paying overtime pay to a law enforcement 
officer who engages in eradication efforts against unli-
censed or unregistered cannabis grown in a State wherein 
production or sales of cannabis is lawful. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 303 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8256 
[Report No. 117–395] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2023, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 30, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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