H. R. 2617—186 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Depart-
ment shall notify, and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause 
any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or 
decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, during the time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 
program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement 
or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 
paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days 
after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction 
would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an expla-
nation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided 
for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Avail-
able balances may be merged with funds in the applicable estab-
lished accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 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. 303. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard 
nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent over-
sight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure 
the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive depart-
mental guidance, for construction projects where the total project 
cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost esti-
mate has been developed for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a determination by 
the President in this fiscal year that a regional supply shortage 
of refined petroleum product of significant scope and duration exists,
H. R. 2617—187 
that a severe increase in the price of refined petroleum product 
will likely result from such shortage, and that a draw down and 
sale of refined petroleum product would assist directly and signifi-
cantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, the Sec-
retary of Energy may draw down and sell refined petroleum product 
from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Proceeds from a sale under 
this section shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account 
established in section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6247), and such amounts shall be available for 
obligation, without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that sec-
tion. 
SEC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Power Marketing Administration—Colorado River 
Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administra-
tion’’ to the general fund of the Treasury in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 307. All unavailable collections currently in the United 
States Enrichment Corporation Fund shall be transferred to and 
merged with the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund and shall be available only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 308. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 40401(a)(2) 
of Public Law 117–58, paragraph (3) of section 1702(r) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(r)(3)) as added by section 
40401(c)(2)(C) of Public Law 117–58, and subsection (l) of section 
136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17013(l)), are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 309. (a) Hereafter, for energy development, demonstration, 
and deployment programs funded under Department of Energy 
appropriations (other than those for the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and Office of Environmental Management) provided 
for fiscal year 2022, the current fiscal year, or any fiscal year 
thereafter (including by Acts other than appropriations Acts), the 
Secretary may vest unconditional title or other property interests 
acquired under projects in an award recipient, subrecipient, or 
successor in interest, including the United States, at the conclusion 
of the award period for projects receiving an initial award in fiscal 
year 2022 or later. 
(b) Upon vesting unconditional title pursuant to subsection 
(a) in an award recipient, subrecipient, or successor in interest 
other than the United States, the United States shall have no 
liabilities or obligations to the property. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘property interest’’ 
does not include any interest in intellectual property developed 
using funding provided under a project. 
SEC. 310. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to support a grant allocation award, discretionary grant 
award, or cooperative agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Fed-
eral funding unless the project is carried out through internal 
independent project management procedures.
H. R. 2617—188 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, 
and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the 
Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment 
of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100–456, section 
1441, $41,401,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and 
to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional 
Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, 
and 382N of said Act, $30,100,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including 
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $17,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained 
in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects for which 
the Denali Commission is the sole or primary funding source in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for dis-
tressed communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali 
Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105– 
277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 
Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 
50 percent for non-distressed communities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding payment of 
a non-Federal share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, 
amounts under this heading shall be available for the payment 
of such a non-Federal share for any project for which the Denali 
Commission is not the sole or primary funding source, provided 
that such project is consistent with the purposes of the Commission.
H. R. 2617—190 
appropriated under this heading, $1,520,000 shall be for Inspector 
General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 5051, 
$3,945,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply 
with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commis-
sion Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for 
information, consistent with Department of Justice guidance for 
all Federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any 
program, project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that 
would cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during 
the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the 
notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such 
requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health, the 
environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later 
than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement 
or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall 
include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph 
(1) that permitted such waiver and shall provide a detailed report 
to the Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the 
amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be expended as directed 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for 
any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or 
restricted by this Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which 
includes the following for each program, project, or activity, 
including any prior year appropriations— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations.
H. R. 2617—191 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III 
of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant 
to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act 
or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer 
authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government may provide goods or serv-
ices to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may 
be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 
in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, 
transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded 
in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semi-
annual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any 
authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services to another 
department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 
months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the 
amounts transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification require-
ments for each authority. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 
11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 
Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (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 nec-
essary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
H. R. 2617—192 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freed-
man’s Bank Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, 
when necessary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and economic 
policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, including 
technical assistance to State, local, and territorial entities; and 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities, 
$273,882,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available 
for the administration of financial assistance, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization require-
ments; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the 
Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation of programs 
within the Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastruc-
ture Protection, including entering into cooperative agree-
ments; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign Invest-
ment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the chairperson of the Committee may 
transfer such amounts to any department or agency represented 
on the Committee (including the Department of the Treasury) sub-
ject to advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That amounts so transferred shall remain available until expended
H. R. 2617—193 
for expenses of implementing section 721 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available 
in addition to any other funds available to any department or 
agency: Provided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) 
of such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
collections: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023, 
so as to result in a total appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against 
illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, 
weapons of mass destruction proliferators, human rights abusers, 
money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security 
threats, $216,059,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
available for addressing human rights violations and corruption, 
including activities authorized by the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note): Provided, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to $12,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for sys-
tems operated by the Department of the Treasury, $100,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such 
funds shall supplement and not supplant any other amounts made 
available to the Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide 
oversight of the investments made under this heading: Provided 
further, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 
other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Information 
Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations 
to buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $11,118,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That these 
funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary 
to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, 
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement 
‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Business Systems Modernization’’.
H. R. 2617—194 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$48,878,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up 
to $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, shall 
be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 
of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportuni-
ties, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 
(33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; $174,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and 
of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF 
PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343), $9,000,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel 
to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and for-
eign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 
regulation; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $190,193,000, of which not to exceed $55,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025.
H. R. 2617—195 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to exceed $8,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, is for information 
systems modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses 
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $148,863,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses; and of which 
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research 
and development programs for laboratory services; and provision 
of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the 
processing of formula and label applications: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the costs 
associated with enforcement of and education regarding the trade 
practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, 
including both operating expenses and capital investments: Pro-
vided, That the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations 
incurred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136 for circu-
lating coinage and protective service capital investments of the 
United States Mint shall not exceed $50,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regu-
latory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public 
Law 103–325), including services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX–III, 
$324,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under this heading—
H. R. 2617—196 
(1) not less than $196,000,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 
to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
30, 2024, for financial assistance and technical assistance under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, 
of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of 
which up to $1,600,000 may be available for training and 
outreach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be used for the cost 
of direct loans, of which up to $10,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(d)), may be available to provide financial assistance, tech-
nical assistance, training, and outreach to community develop-
ment financial institutions to expand investments that benefit 
individuals with disabilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 
shall be for the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in 
conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: Provided, That the cost 
of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this paragraph, 
excluding those made to community development financial 
institutions to expand investments that benefit individuals with 
disabilities and those made to community development financial 
institutions that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
counties, the CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 
awards to organizations that invest and lend in high-poverty 
areas: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means any census tract with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2016–2020 
5-year data series available from the American Community 
Survey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and Puerto 
Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured 
by the 2010 Island areas Decennial Census data for any terri-
tory or possession of the United States; 
(2) not less than $25,000,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 
until September 30, 2024, for financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit 
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified community 
development lender organizations with experience and expertise 
in community development banking and lending in Indian 
country, Native American organizations, Tribes and Tribal 
organizations, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until September 
30, 2024, for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 
(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
(d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2024, for 
a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial assist-
ance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community 
development financial institutions for the purpose of offering
H. R. 2617—197 
affordable financing and technical assistance to expand the 
availability of healthy food options in distressed communities; 
(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until September 
30, 2024, to provide grants for loan loss reserve funds and 
to provide technical assistance for small dollar loan programs 
under section 122 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): 
Provided, That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 
Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants and tech-
nical assistance; 
(6) up to $35,000,000 is available for administrative 
expenses, including administration of CDFI Fund programs 
and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not less 
than $1,000,000 is for the development of tools to better assess 
and inform CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 
impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(7) during fiscal year 2023, none of the funds available 
under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of 
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 
shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That such 
section 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 2023: 
Provided further, That of the funds awarded under this heading, 
except those provided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not 
less than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
graph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 
means any county, including county equivalent areas in Puerto 
Rico, that has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 
and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020 5-year data 
series available from the American Community Survey of the 
Bureau of the Census or any other territory or possession 
of the United States that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas Decennial Censuses, 
or equivalent data, of the Bureau of the Census. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and edu-
cation, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which 
not to exceed $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2024, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the 
Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less than 
$26,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, 
including grants to individual clinics of up to $200,000, of which 
not less than $40,000,000, to remain available until September
H. R. 2617—198 
30, 2024, shall be available for the Community Volunteer Income 
Tax Assistance Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation 
assistance, and of which not less than $236,000,000 shall be avail-
able for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advo-
cate Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft 
and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to 
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investiga-
tions, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal 
revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
be determined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of which not 
to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024; of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency 
Crime and Drug Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the Criminal 
Investigation Division: Provided, That the amount made available 
for investigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Division 
shall be in addition to amounts made available for the Criminal 
Investigation Division under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Revenue Service 
to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including 
rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical secu-
rity; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; 
research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information 
technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance 
and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight 
Board; and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, 
of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for acquisition of equipment and construc-
tion, repair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
research; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not later 
than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller 
General of the United States detailing major information technology 
investments in the Internal Revenue Service Integrated Moderniza-
tion Business Plan portfolio, including detailed, plain language 
summaries on the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results 
and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables 
and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies associ-
ated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; 
and total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification
H. R. 2617—199 
for fiscal year 2024, a summary of cost and schedule performance 
information for its major information technology systems. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service under the 
‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to exceed 5 percent of any other 
appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service, may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 
employee training program, which shall include the following topics: 
taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural 
relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against 
identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1– 
800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1– 
800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 
to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particu-
larly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice 
of confirmation of any address change relating to an employer 
making employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent 
to both the employer’s former and new address and an officer 
or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special 
consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has 
been the victim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens 
of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under 
the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regu-
latory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on con-
ferences that do not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, 
documentation requirements, and policies issued by the Chief 
Financial Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared 
Services as a result of the recommendations in the report published 
on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Business/ 
Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California’’ (Ref-
erence Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended—
H. R. 2617—200 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, 
award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 
respect to re-hiring a former employee; 
unless such program or process takes into account the conduct 
and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns 
and return information). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 
delegate) may use the funds made available in this Act, subject 
to such policies as the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) may 
establish, to utilize direct hire authority to recruit and appoint 
qualified applicants, without regard to any notice or preference 
requirements, directly to positions in the competitive service to 
process backlogged tax returns and return information. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, United 
States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service 
in this Act may be used to provide passenger carrier transportation 
and protection between the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s 
residence and place of employment. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this title made available under the headings ‘‘Departmental 
Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Spe-
cial Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, 
‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may 
be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer under 
this section may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
H. R. 2617—201 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 
Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of 
debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed 
to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received 
in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial 
Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department 
of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 
United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to 
consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 
of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the 
Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed 
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from 
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund 
for necessary official reception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days following 
the submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: 
Provided, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital 
investment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department-wide 
Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Fran-
chise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: 
Provided further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 
expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each capital 
investment project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. During fiscal year 2023— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including 
the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any 
regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to 
a particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used 
to determine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section
H. R. 2617—202 
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the 
proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 
(November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 
1, 2010, which are used to make such determinations shall 
apply after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes 
of determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code 
of organizations created on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the amount of total funds charged to 
each office by the Franchise Fund including the amount charged 
for each service provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, 
a detailed description of the services, a detailed explanation of 
how each charge for each service is calculated, and a description 
of the role customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial 
Research shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the fiscal 
year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in sub-
section (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Finan-
cial Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents 
of the reports required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there 
is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 
Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses in carrying out section 4018 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 127. Section 127 of the Department of the Treasury Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (title I of division D of Public Law 116–6) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, including public improvements in the area around such facility 
to mitigate traffic impacts caused by the construction and occupancy 
of the facility’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
H. R. 2617—203 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized 
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted 
for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be available for 
allocation within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, 
$77,681,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 
House, $15,609,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring 
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
require the national committee of the political party of the President 
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events 
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount 
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount 
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt
H. R. 2617—204 
on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Pro-
vided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and 
any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such 
expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable 
official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists 
of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such 
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a 
system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Pro-
vided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed 
to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable 
requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), 
$2,500,000, to remain available until expended, for required mainte-
nance, resolution of safety and health issues, and continued 
preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 
the Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,901,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $115,463,000, of which 
not to exceed $12,800,000 shall remain available until expended 
for continued modernization of information resources within the 
Executive Office of the President: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available
H. R. 2617—205 
for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, subsistence 
allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to students, recent 
graduates, and veterans recently discharged from active duty who 
are performing voluntary services in the Executive Office of the 
President under section 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
or comparable authority and shall be in addition to amounts other-
wise available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 
further, That such payments shall not be considered compensation 
for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may be paid in advance. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and to prepare and 
submit the budget of the United States Government, in accordance 
with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, $128,035,000, 
of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be 
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the 
Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, 
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and 
Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed by 
the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 
of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 
resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief of Engi-
neers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance 
with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 
to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not 
more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews 
of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has 
reported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing 
and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: 
Provided further, That if water resource reports have not been 
transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and 
Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly: Provided 
further, That no later than 14 days after the submission of the 
budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the
H. R. 2617—206 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make pub-
licly available on a website a tabular list for each agency that 
submits budget justification materials (as defined in section 3 of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006) 
that shall include, at minimum, the name of the agency, the date 
on which the budget justification materials of the agency were 
submitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where the 
budget justification materials are published on the website of the 
agency. 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by title III of the 
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), including services authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,902,000. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National Cyber 
Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116–283), $21,926,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended; not 
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services 
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$21,500,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, 
administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and 
private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding 
or facilitating the work of the Office. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy’s 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program, 
$302,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 
drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
(‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred 
to State and local entities for drug control activities and shall
H. R. 2617—207 
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 
agencies and departments in amounts determined by the Director 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
$5,800,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activi-
ties and $1,500,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 
for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Provided 
further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal year 
2021 may be used for any other approved activities of that HIDTA, 
subject to reprogramming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2022, shall be funded at 
not less than the fiscal year 2022 base level, unless the Director 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to those levels 
based on clearly articulated priorities and published Office of 
National Drug Control Policy performance measures of effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2023 
funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 
discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation with 
the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended, $137,120,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available as follows: 
$109,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which 
not more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, and 
of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by section 
4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of Public 
Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training and technical 
assistance; $15,250,000 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,420,000 
for the United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and $5,200,000 
for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may 
be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days 
prior to obligating funds under this heading for United States 
membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency, submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a spending plan and explanation of the proposed uses 
of these funds.
H. R. 2617—208 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, secu-
rity, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the 
current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, effi-
cient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the 
Federal Government, $13,700,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more other agencies 
to carry out projects to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, 
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That 
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the 
headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Residence at the White 
House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Eco-
nomic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Security Council and Homeland Security 
Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the 
President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 
officer as the President may designate in writing), may, with
H. R. 2617—209 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 
of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be 
merged with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 
the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more 
than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ 
or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without the approval 
of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive order 
or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President 
shall be accompanied by a written statement from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, 
including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such order or memo-
randum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
order or memorandum on the Federal Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed 
by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period 
beginning in fiscal year 2023; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government 
as the result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal- 
year period beginning in fiscal year 2023. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued 
during fiscal year 2023 due to a national emergency, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement 
required by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date 
that such order or memorandum is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memo-
randa shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to 
have a regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000. 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall issue a memorandum to all Federal departments, agencies, 
and corporations directing compliance with the provisions in title 
VII of this Act. 
SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter— 
(1) the Office of Management and Budget shall operate and main-
tain the automated system required to be implemented by section 
204 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division E of Public Law 117–103) and shall con-
tinue to post each document apportioning an appropriation, pursu-
ant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including 
any associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such docu-
ment as an open Government data asset (as that term is defined 
in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code); and (2) the require-
ments specified in subsection (c), the first and second provisos 
of subsection (d)(1), and subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall 
continue to apply. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of National 
Drug Control Policy—Salaries and Expenses’’, $10,482,000, which 
shall be for initiatives in the amounts and for the projects specified 
in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-
sions—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated
H. R. 2617—210 
to the President’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this section 
may be transferred for any other purpose. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the President 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, 
as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to 
be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $109,551,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and 
associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $29,246,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary 
expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $36,735,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$21,260,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court.
H. R. 2617—211 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL 
SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees 
of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, 
necessary expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office 
staff, as authorized by law, $5,905,055,000 (including the purchase 
of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 
shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects 
and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration 
and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of circuit and district 
judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United 
States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from 
office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660), not to exceed 
$9,975,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensa-
tion Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the com-
pensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 
to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons fur-
nishing investigative, expert, and other services for such representa-
tions as authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with 
the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal 
cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection 
of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain 
judicial 
civil 
forfeiture 
proceedings; 
the 
compensation 
and 
reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and general 
administrative expenses, $1,382,680,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), 
$58,239,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily 
equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
H. R. 2617—212 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident 
to the provision of protective guard services for United States 
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court or Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts operations, the procure-
ment, installation, and maintenance of security systems and equip-
ment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court or Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
operations, building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and 
packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic secu-
rity services provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other 
similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial 
Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$750,163,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred 
to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible 
for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent 
with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney 
General: Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program to facilitate 
security and emergency management services among the Judiciary, 
United States Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, General 
Services Administration, other Federal agencies, state and local 
governments and the public; and, notwithstanding sections 331, 
566(e)(1), and 566(i) of title 28, United States Code, for identifying 
and pursuing the voluntary redaction and reduction of personally 
identifiable information on the internet of judges and other familial 
relatives who live at the judge’s domicile. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $102,673,000, of which not 
to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; of which $1,800,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2024, to provide 
education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which 
not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
H. R. 2617—213 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $21,641,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Defender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and 
Commissioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 
604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference 
of the United States: Provided, That such available funds shall 
not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘executive’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the United States Marshals 
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may 
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, 
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department 
of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services 
at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 
Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended 
in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
Kansas), by striking ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘32 years and 6 months’’; and
H. R. 2617—214 
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of Hawaii), 
by striking ‘‘28 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘29 years 
and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second 
sentence (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 
‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 
133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘21 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central District 
of California), by striking ‘‘19 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘20 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘18 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 
years’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 677 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the Chief Justice, 
shall establish a retention and recruitment program that is con-
sistent with section 908 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 
(2 U.S.C. 1926) for Supreme Court Police officers and other critical 
employees who agree in writing to remain employed with the 
Supreme Court for a period of service of not less than two years.’’. 
SEC. 308. Section 996(b) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘84 (Federal Employees’ Retirement System),’’ 
after ‘‘83 (Retirement),’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
2023’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to 
be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident 
tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, 
may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents 
to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or 
to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, 
the income and need of eligible students and such other factors 
as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 
Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent
H. R. 2617—215 
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, 
and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the account shall be under the control of the District of 
Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made 
and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS 
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation 
with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in 
the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, $291,068,000 
to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of 
Appeals, $15,055,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; for the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, $140,973,000, of which not to exceed 
$2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of which not 
to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $46,750,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the District of 
Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts appro-
priated herein, fees received by the District of Columbia Courts 
for administering bar examinations and processing District of 
Columbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, for salaries and 
expenses associated with such activities, notwithstanding section 
450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 
sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than 
$9,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the
H. R. 2617—216 
items and entities funded under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 
of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 
of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District of 
Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 
11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided 
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments 
for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of 
title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements 
to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical 
assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for 
counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 
16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 
21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided under 
the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and 
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall 
be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
made available under this heading, $22,000,000, are hereby 
rescinded not later than September 30, 2023. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $285,016,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official 
reception and representation expenses related to Community Super-
vision and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 
to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 
implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $204,579,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender 
Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision of 
adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for 
or related to such persons, of which $7,798,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with the reloca-
tion under replacement leases for headquarters offices, field offices
H. R. 2617—217 
and related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $80,437,000 shall be available to the 
Pretrial Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with relocation under 
a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and 
related facilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for pro-
grammatic incentives for defendants to successfully complete their 
terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $53,629,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service may establish for employees of the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service a program substantially similar to the 
program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that the maximum amount of the payment 
made under the program to any individual may not exceed the 
amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That for the purposes of engaging with, 
and receiving services from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs 
established in accordance with section 403 of the Government 
Management Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 
Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an agency 
of the United States Government: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Defender Service may enter into contracts 
for the procurement of severable services and multiyear contracts 
for the acquisition of property and services to the same extent 
and under the same conditions as an executive agency under sec-
tions 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING 
COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal 
justice resources in the District of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 
$330,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $300,000.
H. R. 2617—218 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 
in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarships for 
Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112–10): 
Provided, That, to the extent that funds are available for oppor-
tunity scholarships and following the priorities included in section 
3006 of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholar-
ships available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 
Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school year: 
Provided further, That within funds provided for opportunity schol-
arships up to $1,750,000 shall be for the activities specified in 
sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 
shall be for the activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
Guard, $600,000, to remain available until expended for the Major 
General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard 
Retention and College Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 
testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, 
human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syn-
drome in the District of Columbia, $4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND 
SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Over-
flow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for 
the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District 
of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs and activities set forth 
in the Fiscal Year 2023 Local Budget Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24– 
486) and at rates set forth under such Act, as amended as of 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, 
D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 
and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses 
for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2023 under this heading 
shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2023 
Local Budget Act of 2022, as amended as of the date of enactment 
of this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District of
H. R. 2617—219 
Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, 
which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall be 
approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with 
all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 
of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 
to assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, 
including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District during 
fiscal year 2023, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 
notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,465,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which not to 
exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses. 
BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 
FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excel-
lence in Education Fund, established by section 1408 of Public 
Law 99–661 (20 U.S.C. 4707), for necessary expenses to carry 
out activities pursuant to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
Excellence in Education Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases), in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $365,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 
for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory offi-
cials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, and of which not less than $4,218,000 
shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553,
H. R. 2617—220 
amounts provided under this heading are available for the liquida-
tion of obligations equal to current year payments on leases entered 
into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any lease obliga-
tions that should have been recorded and liquidated against 
accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with 
the preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 
recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been 
established for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and 
liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 
non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $152,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, to carry out the program, including administrative 
costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool 
and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004), and 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to carry 
out the program, including administrative costs, required by section 
204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide 
Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q of Public 
Law 117–103). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2023, none of the amounts made 
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the 
Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published 
by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Reg-
ister on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
Department of Defense, completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 
vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard 
for purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-High-
way Vehicle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers 
in the off-road environment, including the repeatability 
and reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 
requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be pre-
vented if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal 
to provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about 
a ROV’s rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 
States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
and
H. R. 2617—221 
(2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $28,000,000, of which $1,500,000 
shall be made available to the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology for election reform activities authorized under the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, and of which $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the Help America Vote College 
Program as authorized by title V of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), $75,000,000 is provided 
to the Election Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to 
make payments to States for activities to improve the administra-
tion of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election 
technology and make election security improvements, as authorized 
by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That for 
purposes of applying such sections, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be a State and, 
for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in 
the same manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Serv-
ices’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, 
That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 
103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That 
not later than two years after receiving a payment under this 
heading, a State shall make available funds for such activities 
in an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount of the 
payment made to the State under this heading: Provided further, 
That not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall make the payments 
to States under this heading: Provided further, That States shall 
submit quarterly financial reports and annual progress reports.
H. R. 2617—222 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $390,192,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting collections 
shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I 
of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated 
at 
$0: 
Provided 
further, 
That, 
notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system 
that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not 
exceed $132,231,000 for fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That, 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$12,131,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency 
Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service 
support payments to implement the February 27, 2004, rec-
ommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions 
on universal service support payments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, 
only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, $81,674,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses.
H. R. 2617—223 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $29,400,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 
for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, 
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs of car-
rying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $430,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
collected in fiscal year 2023 for premerger notification filings under 
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
U.S.C. 18a), (and estimated to be $190,000,000 in fiscal year 2023) 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees collected 
to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promul-
gated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse 
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), regardless of the year 
of collection (and estimated to be $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), 
shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2023 and (2) to the extent 
that any remaining general fund appropriations can be derived 
from amounts credited to this account as offsetting collections in 
previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $48,000,000: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds credited to this account
H. R. 2617—224 
as offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that were unavail-
able for obligation as of September 30, 2022, shall become available 
for obligation except as provided in the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Federal 
Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 
of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections depos-
ited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of 
real property management and related activities not otherwise pro-
vided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of feder-
ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District 
of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation, 
and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning 
or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by 
purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisi-
tion of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and 
design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment 
of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings 
acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the 
aggregate amount of $10,013,150,000, of which— 
(1) $807,809,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
expenses, and associated design and construction services) and 
remediation, in addition to amounts otherwise provided for 
such purposes, as follows: 
Connecticut: 
Hartford, U.S. Courthouse, $61,500,000; 
District of Columbia: 
DHS Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, $252,963,000; 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Lease Purchase 
Option, $21,000,000; 
Southeast Federal Center Remediation, $3,946,000; 
Florida: 
Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Courthouse, $55,000,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Consolida-
tion, $375,000,000; 
Tennessee: 
Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $38,400,000:
H. R. 2617—225 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on construc-
tion, acquisition, and remediation projects may be exceeded 
to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, 
but not to exceed 20 percent of the amounts included in a 
transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 
(2) $662,280,000 shall remain available until expended for 
repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
construction services, in addition to amounts otherwise provided 
for such purposes, of which— 
(A) $244,783,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations 
as follows: 
Multiple Locations: 
National Conveying Systems, $30,000,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Fire Alarm Systems, $40,000,000; 
California: 
San Francisco, Federal Building, $15,687,000; 
Georgia: 
Atlanta, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, $10,229,000; 
Massachusetts: 
Boston, John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse, $10,345,000; 
Montana: 
Butte, Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Court-
house, $25,792,000; 
New York: 
New York, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, 
$68,497,000; 
Ohio: 
Cleveland, Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, $10,235,000; 
Oklahoma: 
Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S. Courthouse 
and Post Office, $3,093,000; 
Pennsylvania: 
Philadelphia, 
James 
A. 
Byrne 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$12,927,000; 
Vermont: 
St. Albans, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Custom 
House, $17,978,000; 
(B) $398,797,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations, 
of which $3,000,000 is for repairs to the water feature 
at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, 
FL; and 
(C) $18,700,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs as 
follows: 
Judiciary Capital Security Program, $18,700,000; 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identi-
fied for each project, except each project in this or any previous 
Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional projects 
for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is obtained from
H. R. 2617—226 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ 
may be used to fund costs associated with implementing secu-
rity improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
standards for security in accordance with current law and 
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appro-
priate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, 
That the difference between the funds appropriated and 
expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to ‘‘Basic 
Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases 
in prospectus projects: Provided further, That the amount pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations’’ may be used to pay claims against the Government 
arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 
projects; 
(3) $5,561,680,000 for rental of space to remain available 
until expended; and 
(4) $2,981,381,000 for building operations to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the total amount of funds 
made available from this Fund to the General Services Adminis-
tration shall not be available for expenses of any construction, 
repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, 
if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except 
that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: 
Provided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and 
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard 
booths, and other facilities on private or other property not 
in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate 
to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protec-
tive functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That reve-
nues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2023, excluding reimbursements under 40 
U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new obligational 
authority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 
Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy associated with the management of 
real and personal property assets and certain administrative serv-
ices; Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to
H. R. 2617—227 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology manage-
ment, and related technology activities; and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by statute; 
$71,186,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and dona-
tion of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency- 
wide policy direction, and management; the hire of zero-emission 
passenger motor vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infra-
structure; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $54,478,000, 
of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract 
Appeals, $10,352,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $74,583,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for information tech-
nology enhancements related to implementing cloud services, 
improving security measures, and providing modern technology case 
management solutions: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 
shall be available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for recovery of 
stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal 
agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives 
resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 
(3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $5,200,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; 
and for expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
in support of interagency projects that enable the Federal Govern-
ment to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, 
through the development and implementation of innovative uses 
of information technology; $90,000,000, to be deposited into the 
Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount 
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose 
of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the 
appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited
H. R. 2617—228 
into the Fund shall be available until expended for necessary 
expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other activities that enable 
the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities 
electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000: 
Provided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 
and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2023 in 
excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not 
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 
up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions and full- 
time hires to support activities related to the Administration’s 
requirements under title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based 
Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, 
That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For the Technology Modernization Fund, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for technology-related modernization 
activities. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services Adminis-
tration, $5,900,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary costs incurred by the Administrator to modernize rulemaking 
systems and to provide support services for Federal rulemaking 
agencies. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available 
for fiscal year 2023 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may 
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary 
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed trans-
fers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds 
made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 
2024 request for United States Courthouse construction only if 
the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction 
as established and approved by the General Services Administra-
tion, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved Court-
house Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized court-
room utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, 
or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usu-
ally provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency 
that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space
H. R. 2617—229 
and services as determined by the General Services Administration 
in consideration of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’, claims 
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt 
a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus 
transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to 
the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agree-
ments, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delin-
eated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delin-
eated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall 
provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided 
in the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the heading 
‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project 
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 527. The Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration shall select a site from one of the three listed in the General 
Services Administration (GSA) Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR17 
prospectus for a new fully consolidated Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion (FBI) headquarters. 
In considering the September 2022 and amended November 
2022 GSA Site Selection Plan for the FBI Suburban Headquarters, 
not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, prior to any 
action by the GSA site selection panel for the new Federal FBI 
headquarters, the GSA Administrator shall conduct separate and 
detailed consultations with individuals representing the sites from 
the State of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia to further 
consider perspectives related to mission requirements, sustainable 
siting and equity, and evaluate the viability of the GSA’s Site 
Selection Criteria for the FBI Headquarters to ensure it is con-
sistent with Congressional intent as expressed in the resolution 
of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
(112th Congress), adopted December 8, 2011 and further described 
in the General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR– 
FBI–NCR17 prospectus. Following those consultations, the Adminis-
trator shall proceed with the site selection process.
H. R. 2617—230 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 
Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93–642, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$49,655,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for administrative expenses to adjudicate 
retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,800,000, to remain 
available for direct expenditure until expended, of which, notwith-
standing sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) 
of Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106– 
568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior will remain available until expended 
for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 
L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for annual independent 
financial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris K. 
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual independent 
financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–289).
H. R. 2617—231 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,943,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration 
of the National Archives and Records Administration and archived 
Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and 
for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of docu-
ments, the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 
the operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including mainte-
nance, repairs, and cleaning, $427,520,000, of which $30,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for expenses necessary to 
enhance the Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 
manage, and store Government records, and of which up to 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to implement 
the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–426). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act 
of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $5,980,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities 
and museum exhibits, related equipment for public spaces, and 
to provide adequate storage for holdings, $22,224,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which no less than $7,250,000 is for 
upgrades to the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia 
and of which $6,000,000 is for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential 
Museum in Starkville, Mississippi. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$2,000,000 shall be to preserve and make publicly available the 
congressional papers of former Members of the House and Senate.
H. R. 2617—232 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National Historical 
Publications 
and 
Records 
Commission 
Grants 
Program’’, 
$22,573,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts and 
for the projects specified in the table that appears under the heading 
‘‘Administrative 
Provisions—National 
Archives 
and 
Records 
Administration’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this section 
may be transferred for any other purpose. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund pro-
gram as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and 9910, $3,500,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2024, for technical assistance 
to low-income designated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions 
designated solely as minority depository institutions shall be eligible 
to apply for and receive such technical assistance. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Representative 
Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trading on Congressional Knowl-
edge Act of 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$24,500,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examina-
tions performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and payment of per 
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at 
his or her post of duty, $190,784,000: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $19,373,000 shall 
remain available until expended, for information technology mod-
ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System migration
H. R. 2617—233 
or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $1,381,748 may be 
made available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities of 
the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), 
including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 
workforce and information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to improve 
acquisition management; and in addition $194,924,000 for adminis-
trative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 
of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appropriation 
shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as 
provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 
9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and 
expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 
unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Commis-
sion on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 
11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2023, accept 
donations of money, property, and personal services: Provided fur-
ther, That such donations, including those from prior years, may 
be used for the development of publicity materials to provide 
information about the White House Fellows, except that no such 
donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel 
expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made 
available under this heading may be transferred to an information 
technology working capital fund established for purposes authorized 
by subtitle G of title X of division A of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 
U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided further, That the OPM Director shall 
notify, and receive approval from, the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That amounts transferred to such a fund under such 
transfer authority from any organizational category of OPM shall 
not exceed 5 percent of each such organizational category’s budget 
as identified in the report required by section 608 of this Act: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund shall 
remain available for obligation through September 30, 2026. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $6,908,000, and in addition, not to exceed 
$29,487,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s
H. R. 2617—234 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $31,904,000. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Over-
sight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), 
$10,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Reform Board 
in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 
(Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which not less than $18,979,000 shall 
be for the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the 
International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consulta-
tions and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign govern-
mental and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations 
and staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, such 
expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attend-
ance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 
and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, replication, 
and related costs associated with a replacement lease for the 
Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facilities, not to
H. R. 2617—235 
exceed $57,405,000, to remain available until expended; and for 
move, replication, and related costs associated with a replacement 
lease for the Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities, 
not to exceed $3,365,000, to remain available until expended. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 31(j) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal 
year 2023, all amounts appropriated under this heading shall be 
deemed to be the regular appropriation to the Commission for 
fiscal year 2023: Provided, That fees and charges authorized by 
section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of such offsetting collec-
tions shall be available until expended for necessary expenses of 
this account; not to exceed $57,405,000 of such offsetting collections 
shall be available until expended for move, replication, and related 
costs under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 
the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facilities; and 
not to exceed $3,365,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for move, replication, and related costs 
under this heading associated with a replacement lease for the 
Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount appropriated under this heading from 
the general fund for fiscal year 2023 shall be reduced as such 
offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 
year 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the appro-
priation for move, replication, and related costs associated with 
a replacement lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia 
headquarters facilities or if any amount of the appropriation for 
move, replication, and related costs associated with a replacement 
lease for the Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities 
is subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such amount that 
was derived from the general fund shall be returned to the general 
fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees or assessments 
collected for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities 
exchange and national securities association, respectively, in propor-
tion to any fees or assessments paid by such national securities 
exchange or national securities association under section 31 of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal 
year 2023. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for 
uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $31,700,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provi-
sions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action 
to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended
H. R. 2617—236 
for or in connection with the induction of any person into the 
Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States 
Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $326,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the 
Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 
including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, reve-
nues received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an amount 
not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in 
accordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108– 
447, during fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That $6,100,000 
shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That $20,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with the 
certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by 
veterans or service-disabled veterans under sections 36A and 36 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, 
and section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial 
and small business development, $320,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be 
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2023 or 
fiscal year 2024 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for marketing, 
management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided further, 
That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to carry 
out export programs that assist small business concerns authorized 
under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$32,020,000.
H. R. 2617—237 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying 
out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 
634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.), $10,211,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject 
to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during 
fiscal year 2023 commitments to guarantee loans under section 
503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and commitments 
for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) 
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $15,000,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2023 commitments for general business 
loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) 
of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 for 
a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated max-
imum line of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2023 commitments to guarantee loans for 
debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2023, guarantees of trust certificates authorized 
by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal 
amount of $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $165,300,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
$179,000,000, to be available until expended, of which $1,600,000 
is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Adminis-
tration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster 
loan programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which 
$169,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan making 
and servicing to carry out the direct loan program, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative 
expenses for the direct loan program, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses: 
Provided, That, of the funds provided under this heading, 
$143,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for 
major disasters under this heading is designated by the Congress
H. R. 2617—238 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act for the Small Business Administration under 
the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Business Loans Program 
Account’’ may be transferred to the Administration’s information 
technology system modernization and working capital fund (IT 
WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 
A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts 
transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Business 
Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, $179,710,000, which shall 
be for initiatives related to small business development and 
entrepreneurship, 
including 
programmatic, 
construction, 
and 
acquisition activities, in the amounts and for the projects specified 
in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-
sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, notwithstanding sections 
2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration may permit 
awards to subrecipients for initiatives funded under this section: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this 
section may be transferred for any other purpose. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $50,253,000: 
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used 
to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 
or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, 
or any individual participating in a State or local program of child
H. R. 2617—239 
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 
or close small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 
That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall continue to 
offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$271,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 
Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $3,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $57,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the amount made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be 
transferred and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C. 
7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation and 
maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Provided further, 
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, except for transfers 
made pursuant to the authority in section 3173(d) of title 40, 
United States Code, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
H. R. 2617—240 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, restruc-
turing, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report 
shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation, detailing both 
full-time employee equivalents and budget authority, with separate 
columns to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted 
level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
its respective prior year enacted level by object class and program,
H. R. 2617—241 
project, and activity as detailed in this Act, in the accompanying 
report, or in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation, 
whichever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 
for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs for 
which new budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary 
grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an identification 
of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, That 
the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for 
an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day 
after the required date that the report has not been submitted 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2023 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2024, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report on any indi-
vidual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury 
or the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background investigation report, 
if such individual has given express written consent for such 
request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 
request and during the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 
respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) 
funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management pursu-
ant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 
with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
H. R. 2617—242 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American 
Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government 
of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 
commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 
nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse-
ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 
expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 
attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 
to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 
offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to 
enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration 
of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must 
consult with the General Services Administration before issuing 
a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, 
and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotia-
tions with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency 
lease may do so during any period declared by the President to 
require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency 
covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency provided funds 
by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administra-
tion or the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ 
Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
87).
H. R. 2617—243 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 
limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to 
Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 
Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 
by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 
the budget planning process related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
funded by this Act that are available for information technology 
shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 
of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
a provider of electronic communication service to the public or 
remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as 
such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, 
United States Code) in a manner that violates the Fourth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has respon-
sibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, docu-
ments, or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 
provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 
and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall 
ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant 
to the information provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section shall
H. R. 2617—244 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures 
to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for 
universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible tele-
communications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with para-
graph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this 
section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative 
to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such alter-
native mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost support to 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers until support under 
such mechanism commences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or 
victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 
for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 
satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 
the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 
that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program and unless such awards or 
incentive fees are consistent with section 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activities that 
result in a total cost to an Executive branch department, agency, 
board or commission funded by this Act of more than $500,000 
at any single conference unless the agency or entity determines 
that such attendance is in the national interest and advance notice 
is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
employees, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
conference occurring outside the United States unless the agency 
or entity determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that includes 
the basis of that determination. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for first-class or business-class travel by the employees 
of executive branch agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.125 of title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
H. R. 2617—245 
SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made 
available 
for 
expenses 
related 
to 
enhancements 
to 
www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be provided for an additional amount for such purpose to 
the Inspectors General Council Fund established pursuant to section 
11(c)(3)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.): 
Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any amounts 
or any authority available to the Council of the Inspectors General 
on Integrity and Efficiency under section 11 of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for public relations, 
as that term is defined in Office and Management and Budget 
Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), unless advance notice of 
such an obligation is transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or edu-
cational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 
at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency 
to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, 
issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the 
disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt 
organizations, or dues paid to trade associations. 
SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day of each 
quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a quarterly budget report that includes total obligations 
of the Agency for that quarter for each appropriation, by the source 
year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 635. (a) Section 41002(c)(1) of Public Law 114–94 (42 
U.S.C. 4370m–1(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) PERSONNEL.—The Executive Director of the 
Council may appoint and fix the compensation of such 
employees as the Executive Director considers necessary 
to carry out the roles and responsibilities of the Executive 
Director.’’.
H. R. 2617—246 
(b) Section 41009(d)(2) of Public Law 114–94 (42 U.S.C. 4370m– 
8(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘staffing of the Office of the Execu-
tive Director’’ and inserting ‘‘appointing and fixing the compensation 
of such employees as the Executive Director considers necessary 
to carry out the roles and responsibilities of the Executive Director’’. 
SEC. 636. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at 
90 7th Street in San Francisco, California, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the ‘‘Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building’’. 
SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances available in the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by 
section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, $150,000,000 shall 
be permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2023. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2023 shall obligate or expend any such funds, 
unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, 
and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy 
designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the 
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as 
defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the 
officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 
law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover 
surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $26,733 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $27,873: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police- 
type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 
section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions 
of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost 
of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 
not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 
operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned,
H. R. 2617—247 
are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of- 
living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer 
or employee of the Government of the United States (including 
any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the 
continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of 
the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
permanent 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 perma-
nent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses 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 
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the 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 employment of translators, or to temporary employ-
ment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: 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 Department of the 
Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement 
with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for pay-
ment to the General Services Administration for charges for space 
and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 
buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements per-
formed 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 dis-
posed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling 
or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 
expended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 14057
H. R. 2617—248 
(December 8, 2021), including any such programs adopted prior 
to the effective date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management pro-
grams, including, but not limited to, the development 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 Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corpora-
tions and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such 
funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; 
services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified 
under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable 
to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in 
the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations 
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, 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 adopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the 
Federal Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such depart-
ment head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase fur-
niture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing 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 individual, 
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 interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities, as provided 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 department, 
agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a posi-
tion of a confidential or policy-determining character that is 
excepted from the competitive service under section 3302 of title
H. R. 2617—249 
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 instrumen-
tality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 
occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 
in order to detail the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from 
an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined 
under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to 
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining 
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee 
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee 
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates 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 
Government, 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 described 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 employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties.
H. R. 2617—250 
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-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s 
home address to any labor organization except when the employee 
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been 
ordered by a court of competent 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 mailing lists to any person 
or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
the approval of the Committees 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 propaganda purposes within 
the United States not heretofore authorized 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 regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 
An employee not under a leave system, 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 Policy’’ with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management 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 Services to support Government-wide and other multi- 
agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, including 
improving coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups 
designated by the Director (including the President’s Management 
Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief
H. R. 2617—251 
Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human 
capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for 
performance improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the 
total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 
to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities 
related to Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 
U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide 
innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2023 
shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2024: 
Provided 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform 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 2023; (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 provided for by this section); (iii) where 
applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by or for 
the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where applicable, 
a description 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 pursuant to this 
section until 15 days following notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman 
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building 
or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise 
authorized to be present at the location. 
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 interagency 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 departments, 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 Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant applica-
tion, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving 
the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any relevant