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Act of 2002) who the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity determines on a case-by-case basis— 
(A) has been found by an immigration offi-
cer at a land border or port of entry of the 
United States and is inadmissible under the Im-
migration and Nationality Act; 
(B) has not been a victim of severe forms 
of trafficking in persons, and there is no cred-
ible evidence that such child is at risk of being 
trafficked upon return to the child’s country of 
nationality or of last habitual residence; and 
(C) does not have a fear of returning to 
the child’s country of nationality or of last ha-
bitual residence owing to a credible fear of per-
secution. 
(2) SEVERE FORMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—The term ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in 
persons’’ shall have the meaning given such term in 
section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000. 
SEC. 70120. UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Director of the 
United States Secret Service for fiscal year 2025, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
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$1,170,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2029, for the purposes described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall only be used for additional United 
States Secret Service resources, including personnel, train-
ing facilities, and technology. 
SEC. 70121. COMBATING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ILLEGAL 
DRUG USE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000 to re-
main available until September 30, 2029, for the purposes 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall only be used for efforts to combat 
drug trafficking, including of fentanyl and its precursor 
chemicals, and illegal drug use. 
SEC. 70122. INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING IMMIGRA-
TION RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $600,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2029, for the purposes 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall only be used to investigate and pros-
ecute immigration matters, gang-related crimes involving 
aliens, child trafficking and smuggling involving aliens, 
voting by aliens, violations of the Alien Registration Act, 
and violations of or fraud relating to title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, 
including through hiring Department of Justice personnel 
to investigate and prosecute such matters. 
SEC. 70123. EXPEDITED REMOVAL FOR CRIMINAL ALIENS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, for the purposes described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts made available 
in subsection (a) shall only be used for applying the provi-
sions of section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act to any alien who is inadmissible under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, regardless of the period that such alien has 
been physically present in the United States. 
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SEC. 70124. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ALIENS WITH-
OUT FURTHER HEARING. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, for the purposes described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts made available 
in subsection (a) shall only be used for applying the provi-
sions of section 235(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to any arriving alien that an immigration officer or 
an immigration judge suspects may be inadmissible under 
paragraph (2) or (3) of section 212(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act. 
Subtitle B—Regulatory Matters 
SEC. 70200. REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated: 
(1) To the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget for fiscal year 2025, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$10,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2034, to carry out this section and the amend-
ments made by this section. 
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(2) To the Comptroller General of the United 
States for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2034, to 
carry out this section and the amendments made by 
this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.— 
The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall use amounts made available under sub-
section (a)(1) to pay expenses associated with imple-
menting the requirements of subsections (c) and (d). 
(2) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General of the United States shall use 
amounts made available under subsection (a)(2) to 
pay expenses associated with implementing the re-
quirements of subsection (e). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.— 
(1) Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 809. Additional reporting requirements 
‘‘(a) AGENCY REPORTS.—In the case of any rule for 
which a report is submitted under section 801(a)(1)(A) 
the agency shall also include in such report— 
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‘‘(1) an estimate of the budgetary effects asso-
ciated with the enactment and enforcement of the 
rule; 
‘‘(2) an analysis of the direct and reasonably 
foreseeable indirect costs associated with the rule; 
‘‘(3) an analysis of any jobs added or lost with-
in each affected industry, as identified by North 
American Industrial Classification System code, dif-
ferentiating between public and private sector jobs, 
as a direct or indirect result of the rule; 
‘‘(4) a determination, by the Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of 
the Office of Management and Budget, of whether 
the rule is a major or nonmajor rule, including an 
explanation of the finding specifically addressing 
each criteria for a major rule contained within sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C) of section 804(2); 
‘‘(5) a list of information on which the rule is 
based, including data, scientific and economic stud-
ies, and cost-benefit analyses; 
‘‘(6) a list of any other related regulatory ac-
tions that implement the same statutory provision or 
regulatory objective as well as the estimated eco-
nomic effects of those actions; 
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‘‘(7) an estimate of the effect on inflation of the 
rule; and 
‘‘(8) a statement of the constitutional authority 
authorizing the agency to make the rule. 
‘‘(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.—If re-
quested in writing by a Member of Congress— 
‘‘(1) the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall make a determination whether an agen-
cy action qualifies as a rule for purposes of this 
chapter, and shall submit to Congress this deter-
mination not later than 60 days after the date of the 
request; and 
‘‘(2) the Comptroller General shall make a de-
termination whether a rule is considered a major 
rule for purposes of this chapter, and shall submit 
to Congress this determination not later than 90 
days after the date of the request. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 
a determination under this subsection (b) shall be deemed 
to be a report under section 801(a)(1)(A). 
‘‘§ 810. Approval of certain major rules 
‘‘(a) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this chapter, a major rule that increases 
revenues, as determined in section 809(a), shall not take 
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effect unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval 
described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) EFFECT.—If a joint resolution of approval relat-
ing to a major rule that increases revenue is not enacted 
into law by the end of 60 session days or legislative days, 
as applicable, beginning on the date on which the report 
referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress 
(excluding days either House of Congress is adjourned for 
more than 3 days during a session of Congress), then the 
rule described in that resolution shall be deemed not to 
be approved and such rule shall not take effect. 
‘‘(c) RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—Section 802 shall 
apply to a joint resolution of approval under this section 
to the same extent as it does to a joint resolution of dis-
approval, except that the matter after the resolving clause 
of a joint resolution of approval shall be as follows: ‘That 
Congress approves the rule submitted by the lllll 
relating to lllll.’ (The blank spaces being appro-
priately filled in). 
‘‘(d) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—The enactment of 
a joint resolution of approval under this section shall not 
be interpreted to serve as a grant or modification of statu-
tory authority by Congress for the promulgation of a rule, 
shall not extinguish or affect any claim, whether sub-
stantive or procedural, against any alleged defect in a rule 
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or the rulemaking process, and shall not form part of the 
record before the court in any judicial proceeding con-
cerning a rule except for purposes of determining whether 
or not the rule is in effect. 
‘‘(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Notwithstanding section 
805, a court may determine whether a Federal agency has 
completed the necessary requirements under this chapter 
for a rule to take effect. 
‘‘§ 811. Additional review of rules 
‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL REVIEW.—In addition to the op-
portunity for review otherwise provided under this chap-
ter, notwithstanding any other provision under this chap-
ter, in the case of any rule for which a report is submitted 
under section 801(a)(1)(A) which increases revenue as de-
termined under section 809(a) and which was submitted 
during the final year of a President’s term, the procedures 
described in section 802 shall apply to such rule in the 
succeeding session of Congress, and a joint resolution may 
contain one or more such rules. 
‘‘(b) RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—In the case of 
such a resolution containing one or more such rules under 
this section, the matter after the resolving clause shall be 
as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the following rules: 
the rule submitted by the ll relating to ll; and the 
rule submitted by the ll relating to ll. Such rules 
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shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank spaces being ap-
propriately filled in and additional clauses describing addi-
tional rules to be included as necessary). 
‘‘§ 812. Review of rules currently in effect 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REVIEW.—Beginning on the date that 
is 6 months after the date of enactment of this section 
and annually thereafter for the 4 years following, each 
agency shall designate not less than 20 percent of eligible 
rules made by that agency for review, and shall submit 
a report including each such eligible rule in the same man-
ner as a report under section 801(a)(1). Sections 801, 
802, 809, 810, and 811 shall apply to each such rule, sub-
ject to subsection (c) of this section. No eligible rule pre-
viously designated may be designated again. 
‘‘(b) SUNSET
FOR
ELIGIBLE
RULES
NOT
EX-
TENDED.—Beginning after the date that is 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this section, if Congress has not 
enacted a joint resolution of approval for that eligible rule, 
that eligible rule shall not continue in effect. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF RULES.— 
‘‘(1) Unless Congress approves all eligible rules 
designated by executive agencies for review within 
90 days after designation, they shall have no effect 
and the Federal agency which originally promul-
gated such rules may not enforce such rules. 
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‘‘(2) A single joint resolution of approval shall 
apply to all eligible rules in a report designated for 
a year as follows: ‘That Congress approves the rules 
submitted by thelll for the year lll.’ (The 
blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘eligible 
rule’ means a rule that is in effect as of the date of enact-
ment of this section.’’. 
(2) The table of chapters for chapter 8 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 808 the following: 
‘‘809. Additional reporting requirements. 
‘‘810. Approval of certain major rules. 
‘‘811. Additional review of rules. 
‘‘812. Review of rules currently in effect.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 801(a)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) in the case of a major rule that in-
creases revenue, such rule shall not take effect 
unless Congress passes a joint resolution of ap-
proval described in section 810.’’; and 
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(2) in section 804, by amending paragraph (3) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 551, except that such term— 
‘‘(A) includes interpretative rules, general 
statements of policy, and all other agency guid-
ance documents; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) any rule of particular applica-
bility, including a rule that approves or 
prescribes for the future rates, wages, 
prices, services, or allowances therefore, 
corporate or financial structures, reorga-
nizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, 
or accounting practices or disclosures bear-
ing on any of the foregoing; 
‘‘(ii) any rule relating to agency man-
agement or personnel; or 
‘‘(iii) any rule of agency organization, 
procedure, or practice that does not sub-
stantially affect the rights or obligations of 
nonagency parties.’’. 
(e) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 
OF RULES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study to deter-
mine, as of the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion— 
(A) how many rules (as such term is de-
fined in section 804 of title 5, United States 
Code) were in effect; 
(B) how many major rules (as such term 
is defined in section 804 of title 5, United 
States Code) were in effect; and 
(C) the total estimated economic cost im-
posed by all such rules. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit a 
report (and publish the report on the website of the 
Comptroller General) to Congress that contains the 
findings of the study conducted under subsection (e). 
SEC. 70201. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT COMPLIANCE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2025, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $10,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2034, to carry out this section. 
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(b) ANALYSIS.—The Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall use amounts appropriated 
under this section to conduct de novo analysis of the direct 
and reasonably foreseeable indirect costs of compliance as-
sociated with rules submitted under section 801(a)(1)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code. The Administrator shall 
use such analysis as the basis for determining whether a 
rule is a major rule and publish each such analysis to the 
regulatory review database of the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs prior to transmission of such rule 
to each House of the Congress and the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States. The Administrator shall also 
publish an estimate of the budgetary effects associated 
with the promulgation and enforcement of such rules prior 
to transmission. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 70300. LIMITATION ON DONATIONS MADE PURSUANT 
TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS TO WHICH 
THE UNITED STATES IS A PARTY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON REQUIRED DONATIONS.—An of-
ficial or agent of the Government may not enter into or 
enforce any settlement agreement on behalf of the United 
States directing or providing for a payment to any person 
or entity other than the United States, other than a pay-
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ment that provides restitution for or otherwise directly 
remedies actual harm (including to the environment) di-
rectly and proximately caused by the party making the 
payment, or constitutes payment for services rendered in 
connection with the case. 
(b) PENALTY.—Any official or agent of the Govern-
ment who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
same penalties that would apply in the case of a violation 
of section 3302 of title 31, United States Code. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (a) and (b) 
apply only in the case of a settlement agreement entered 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘settlement agreement’’ 
means a settlement agreement resolving a civil action or 
potential civil action. 
(e) ANNUAL AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than at the end of 
the first fiscal year that begins after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the In-
spector General of each Federal agency shall submit, 
and make available on a publicly accessible website, 
a report on any settlement agreement entered into 
in violation of this section by that agency to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subsection. 
SEC. 70301. SOLICITATION OF ORDERS DEFINED. 
Section 101(d) of Public Law 86—272 (73 Stat. 
555) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘solicitation of orders’ means any 
business activity that facilitates the solicitation of 
orders even if that activity may also serve some 
independently valuable business function apart from 
solicitation.’’. 
SEC. 70302. RESTRICTION OF FUNDS. 
No court of the United States may use appropriated 
funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply 
with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no 
security was given when the injunction or order was issued 
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), wheth-
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layed, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 
replacement sale during the same year. 
‘‘(6) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 
sale under paragraph (2) in a State described in 
that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal 
development and utilization under a land use plan 
developed or revised under section 202 of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 that 
is in effect for the State.’’. 
SEC. 80112. GEOTHERMAL ROYALTIES. 
Section 5(a)(1) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
(30 U.S.C. 1004(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘with respect to each elec-
tric generating facility producing electricity,’’ 
before ‘‘not less than’’; and 
(B) by inserting by ‘‘by such facility’’ after 
‘‘produced’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘with respect to each elec-
tric generating facility producing electricity,’’ 
before ‘‘not less than’’; and 
(B) by inserting by ‘‘by such facility’’ after 
‘‘produced’’. 
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