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Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 447. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available by section 11001 of Public Law 117–2, 
$350,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 448. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2023 or prior fiscal years 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’ 
for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emer-
gencies, $90,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2024’’.
measures are in place to ensure accountability of such 
funds. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $3,559,248,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $1,366,710,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 
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3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That 
funds made available under this paragraph shall not 
be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided further, 
That except as otherwise provided under section 
307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
directly appropriated to the Denali Commission and 
subject to applicable provisions of such Act, including 
the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that the 
local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal 
match in the form of any necessary land or planning 
and design funds: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex-
penditure is made with funds transferred under this 
paragraph shall be up to 90 percent; 
(6) $13,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission to carry out the Denali access system 
program under section 309 of the Denali Commission 
Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105– 
277): Provided, That a transfer under this paragraph 
shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be administered as if directly appro-
679 
priated to the Denali Commission and subject to ap-
plicable provisions of such Act: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this paragraph shall not 
be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall be available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
expenditure is made with funds transferred under this 
paragraph shall be up to 100 percent; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be for the regional infra-
structure accelerator demonstration program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 
601 note): Provided, That for funds made available 
under this paragraph, the Federal share of the costs 
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 per-
cent: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this paragraph may be transferred to the Office 
of the Secretary; 
(8) $7,500,000 shall be for the national scenic 
byways program under section 162 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise pro-
vided under this heading, the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be administered as if ap-
portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; and
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of
able until September 30, 2028, for expenses incurred as a 
result of natural disasters: Provided, That not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design for 
child development centers, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 
barracks, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000;
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, $16,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028, for cost increases identified subse-
quent to the fiscal year 2024 budget request for authorized 
major construction projects: Provided, That not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi-
ture plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for unspecified minor con-
struction for demolition, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000:
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 
of any proposed military exercise involving United States 
personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress.
A BILL 
To extend the authorization of the Chemical Facility Anti- 
Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
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for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946, of which $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innova-
tion Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public 
Law 107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000. 
For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the 
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 
section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), 
as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects
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main available until expended; $331,273,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $594,150,000 shall be derived 
from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $42,432,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $33,500,000 shall be de-
rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $25,000,000 shall be derived from 
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 
from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio-
similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 
and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re-
spective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and
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SEC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds described in subsection (b)— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be made available to the 
Secretary to carry out the national scenic byways 
program under section 162 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 
under this section, the funds made available under 
this paragraph shall be administered as if appor-
tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Pub-
lic Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available 
under this paragraph; 
(2) $30,000,000 shall be made available to the 
Secretary to carry out the nationally significant Fed-
eral lands and Tribal projects program under section 
1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 note); and 
(3) $150,000,000 shall be made available to the 
Secretary for competitive awards for activities eligible 
under section 176(d)(4) of title 23, United States 
Code, of which $125,000,000 shall be for such activi-
ties eligible under subparagraph (A) of such section 
and $25,000,000 shall be for such activities eligible 
under subparagraph (C) of such section: Provided, 
That, except as otherwise provided under this section, 
the funds made available under this paragraph shall
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(4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the 
actions the agency or department has taken to ensure 
oversight and quality control of remote work; 
(5) any additional steps the agency or depart-
ment is considering taking to improve oversight and 
quality control of remote work; 
(6) the typical daily onsite attendance in the of-
fice buildings of the agency or department, as a pro-
portion of the total workforce of the agency or depart-
ment; 
(7) any guidance, initiatives, or other incentives 
in effect to entice the employees of the agency or de-
partment to return to working from the office build-
ings of the agency or department; 
(8) a description of the instances in which the 
agency or department has exercised the authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 531.605(d) of title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations to waive the twice-in-a- 
pay-period standard under paragraph (1) of such sec-
tion; 
(9) the number of exceptions to the exercises of 
authority described in paragraph (8) that have been 
revoked during each month beginning on or after July 
1, 2021;
1020 
SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING RE-
DUCTIONS. 
Section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(D)) 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting 
‘‘8’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting 
‘‘4’’. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef-
fects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not-
withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 
set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 
of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 
and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of 
this division shall not be estimated—
1021 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 
(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 
3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 4366 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting and Securing 
Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CHEMICAL FA-
CILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS PRO-
GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
Section 5 of the Protecting and Securing Chemical Fa-
cilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–254; 6 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
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(i) 
any 
Executive 
order, 
Presidential 
memorandum, or other action by the President; 
and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other di-
rective. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con-
duct a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified 
in subsection (a) during the 5-year period beginning on 
January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide 
data and data collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 
receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 
health services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not 
continue receiving, mental health care who commit 
suicide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described 
in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 232. Effective during the period beginning on 
October 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2025, none
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘her’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’s’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(D) as amended by subparagraph (C), in 
the matter following paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’; 
(5) in section 8133, in the matter following 
subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(6) 
in 
the 
matter 
following 
section 
8443(b)(3)(E), by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(y) TITLE 10.—Section 701(j)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’. 
(z) TITLE 11.—Section 522(b)(1) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married to one another’’. 
(aa) TITLE 18.—Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
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(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any repair nec-
essary to maintain facilities to protect personnel or prop-
erty. 
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$10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), of which $741,885,000 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2026; 
and 
of 
which 
$2,223,768,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units, 
including stipends for members of such units; and mainte-
nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve-
ments at owned and leased facilities; $9,758,297,000 (in-
creased by $24,000,000) (increased by $34,860,000); of 
which not less than $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced 
child labor; of which $46,696,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025; of which not less than 
$2,000,000 is for paid apprenticeships for participants in 
the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue 
Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be avail-
able for investigation of intellectual property rights viola-
tions, including operation of the National Intellectual 
Property Rights Coordination Center; and of which not
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT IN BUDGET SUBMISSION WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE COST PER TAXPAYER OF THE 
DEFICIT. 
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(40)(A) in the case of a fiscal year in which 
the budget is projected to result in a deficit, an esti-
mate of the pro rata cost of such deficit for tax-
payers who will file individual income tax returns for 
taxable years ending during such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of any fiscal year, an estimate 
of the pro rata cost of the public debt for taxpayers 
who will file individual income tax returns for tax-
able years ending during such fiscal year.’’. 
Æ 
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