II 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10545 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 
Received 
AN ACT 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Relief Act, 
2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 
DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 
DIVISION C—HEALTH 
Sec. 3001. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS 
Sec. 3101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service 
Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME pro-
grams. 
Sec. 3102. Extension of special diabetes programs. 
Sec. 3103. National health security extensions. 
TITLE II—MEDICARE 
Sec. 3201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for 
certain low-volume hospitals. 
Sec. 3202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. 
Sec. 3203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. 
Sec. 3204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and 
selection. 
Sec. 3205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income pro-
grams. 
Sec. 3206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. 
Sec. 3207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. 
Sec. 3208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. 
Sec. 3209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs 
as covered part D drugs. 
Sec. 3210. Medicare improvement fund. 
TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 
Sec. 3301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. 
Sec. 3302. Personal responsibility education extension. 
Sec. 3303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. 
TITLE IV—MEDICAID 
Sec. 3401. Eliminating certain disproportionate share hospital payment cuts. 
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DIVISION D—EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4101. Extension of agricultural programs. 
DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 5101. Commodity futures trading commission whistleblower program. 
Sec. 5102. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 5103. Additional special assessment. 
Sec. 5104. National cybersecurity protection system authorization. 
Sec. 5105. Extension of temporary order for fentanyl-related substances. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 
SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 
(division A of Public Law 118–83) is amended— 
(1) by striking the date specified in section 
106(3) and inserting ‘‘March 14, 2025’’; 
(2) in section 126 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘District of Columbia—Federal Payment 
for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the Dis-
trict of Columbia’ at a rate for operations of $90,000,000, 
of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be for costs asso-
ciated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in 
January 2025: Provided, That such amounts may be ap-
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portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to main-
tain emergency planning and security activities.’’; and 
(3) by adding after section 152 the following 
new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 153. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain the acquisition schedule for 
Geostationary Earth Orbit in an amount not to exceed 
$625,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 154. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Justice—Justice Operations, Manage-
ment and Accountability—Justice Information Sharing 
Technology’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to carry out proactive vulnerability detec-
tion and penetration testing activities. 
‘‘SEC. 155. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice for ‘Federal Bureau of Investigation— 
Salaries and Expenses’, $16,668,000, for an additional 
amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modifica-
tion of National Security Systems: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
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emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 156. (a) Amounts made available by section 
101 to the Department of Defense for ‘Procurement— 
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’, may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class 
Submarine 
(AP)’ 
in 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$5,996,130,000. 
‘‘(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
Department of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding 
and Conversion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class Submarine’ 
in an amount not to exceed $2,922,300,000. 
‘‘SEC. 157. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’, $5,691,000,000, for an additional 
amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029, for the Virginia Class Submarine pro-
gram and for workforce wage and non-executive salary im-
provements for other nuclear-powered vessel programs: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(b) Amounts appropriated by subsection (a) may be 
used to incrementally fund contract obligations for the im-
provement of workforce wages and non-executive level sal-
aries on new or existing contracts pertaining to the Vir-
ginia Class Submarine program or to other nuclear-pow-
ered vessel programs. 
‘‘SEC. 158. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for ‘Operation and Maintenance—De-
fense-Wide’, $913,440,000, for an additional amount for 
fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na-
tional Security Systems: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided by this section may be transferred to accounts under 
the headings ‘Operation and Maintenance’, ‘Procurement’, 
and ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation’: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall be merged with and available for the 
same purpose and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer authority provided herein is in ad-
dition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 159. (a) Amounts made available by section 
101 for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense 
Activities—Environmental and Other Defense Activities— 
Other Defense Activities’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to sustain specialized secu-
rity activities. 
‘‘(b) The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 
the authority provided in subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 160. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for ‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 
Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Other De-
fense Activities’, $1,750,000, for an additional amount for 
fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na-
tional Security Systems: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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‘‘SEC. 161. During the period covered by this Act, 
section 10609(a) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 
Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public Law 
111–11) shall be applied by substituting ‘$1,640,000,000’ 
for ‘$870,000,000’ and ‘2025’ for ‘2024’. 
‘‘SEC. 162. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury for ‘Departmental Offices—Office 
of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence—Salaries and Ex-
penses’, $908,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2025, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to 
conduct risk reduction and modification of National Secu-
rity Systems: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 163. Section 302 of title III of Public Law 
108-494 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘December 31, 2024’ each 
place it appears. 
‘‘SEC. 164. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 
747 of title VII of division B of Public Law 118–47 shall 
be applied through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this Act by— 
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‘‘(1) substituting ‘2024’ for ‘2023’ each place it 
appears; 
‘‘(2) substituting ‘2025’ for ‘2024’ each place it 
appears; 
‘‘(3) substituting ‘2026’ for ‘2025’; and 
‘‘(4) substituting ‘section 747 of division B of 
Public Law 118–47, as in effect on September 30, 
2024’ for ‘section 747 of division E of Public Law 
117–328’ each place it appears. 
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect until the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 
January 1, 2025. 
‘‘SEC. 165. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Education—Student Aid Administra-
tion’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations nec-
essary to ensure the continuation of student loan servicing 
activities and student aid application and eligibility deter-
mination processes. 
‘‘SEC. 166. During the period covered by this Act, 
section 123 of division A of Public Law 118–42 and the 
provisions carrying the same restriction in prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary construction shall not apply to unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available under the 
heading ‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 
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Army’ and such balances may be obligated for an access 
road project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
‘‘SEC. 167. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the sec-
ond proviso under the heading ‘Department of Veterans 
Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv-
ices’ shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 
under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Community Care’ 
shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 
under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Support and Com-
pliance’ shall not apply during the period covered by this 
Act. 
‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 101, the fifth 
and sixth provisos under the heading ‘Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation’ in division F of Public Law 118–47 
shall be applied by substituting ‘December 31, 2025’ for 
‘December 31, 2024’ each place it appears. 
‘‘SEC. 169. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to fund mandatory pay in-
creases and other inflationary adjustments, to maintain 
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and improve air traffic services, to hire and train air traf-
fic controllers, and to continue aviation safety oversight, 
while avoiding service reductions.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF 
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2025 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary’’, $30,780,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses related to losses of rev-
enue, quality or production of crops (including milk, on- 
farm stored commodities, crops prevented from planting, 
and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and 
vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, 
floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, 
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freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, and ex-
cessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2023 and 
2024 under such terms and conditions as determined by 
the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as 
‘‘Secretary’’): Provided, That of the amounts provided in 
this paragraph under this heading in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall use up to $2,000,000,000 to provide assist-
ance to producers of livestock, as determined by the Sec-
retary, for losses incurred during calendar years 2023 and 
2024 due to drought, wildfires, or floods: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide assistance for such losses 
in the form of block grants to eligible States and terri-
tories and such assistance may include compensation to 
producers, as determined by the Secretary, for timber (in-
cluding payments to non-Federal forest landowners), cit-
rus, pecan, and poultry (including infrastructure) losses, 
and for agricultural producers who have suffered losses 
due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United 
States in accordance with the 1944 Water Treaty: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall offer individualized 
technical assistance to interested non-insured producers to 
help them apply for assistance made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph under this heading in this 
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Act, the Secretary may use up to $30,000,000, for reim-
bursement for administrative and operating expenses 
available for crop insurance contracts for 2022 and 2023 
reinsurance years in a manner consistent with Section 771 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328): Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph under this heading in this 
Act, and without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq., the 
Secretary shall use $3,000,000 to carry out regular testing 
for the purposes of verifying and validating the method-
ology and protocols of the inspection of molasses at any 
United States ports of entry, including whether the molas-
ses meets each statutory requirement without the use of 
additives or blending, relevant definitional explanatory 
notes, and each property typical of molasses in the United 
States as directed in Senate Report 118–193: Provided 
further, That at the election of a processor eligible for a 
loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or 
a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make 
payments for losses in 2023 and 2024 to such processors 
(to be paid to producers, as determined by such proc-
essors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the 
same terms and conditions as payments made to proc-
essors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental 
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Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 
116–20) under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 
Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Mar-
keting—Office of the Secretary’’, as last amended by sec-
tion 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
760.1503(j) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, in the 
event that a processor described in the preceding proviso 
does not elect to receive payments under such clause, the 
Secretary shall make direct payments to producers under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the total 
amount of payments received under this paragraph under 
this heading in this Act for producers who did not obtain 
a policy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity 
for the applicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring 
the losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay 
the service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for 
a noninsurable commodity for the applicable crop year 
under Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for 
the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent 
of the loss as determined by the Secretary, except the Sec-
retary shall provide payments not to exceed 90 percent 
of the producer’s revenue losses as determined by the Sec-
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retary if the Secretary determines a de minimis amount 
of a producer’s revenue loss is attributable to crops for 
which the producer did not insure or obtain Noninsured 
Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount provided in this paragraph under 
this heading in this Act shall be subject to the terms and 
conditions set forth in the first, second, sixth, seventh, 
eighth, ninth, tenth, and 12th provisos under this heading 
in title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–43), except 
that such ninth proviso under such heading shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘2023 and 2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 
2021’’ and the Secretary shall apply a separate payment 
limit for economic assistance payments: Provided further, 
That not later than 120 days after the enactment of this 
Act, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the 
amounts provided under this heading in this Act are ex-
pended, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the implementation of any programs provided 
for under this heading in this Act specifying the type, 
amount, and method of such assistance by State and terri-
tory: Provided further, That of the amounts provided in 
this paragraph, $10,000,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Secretary to make economic assistance available 
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pursuant to section 2102 of this title in this Act: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary’’, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for the Secretary to provide assistance in the form of block 
grants to eligible States to provide compensation to pro-
ducers for necessary expenses related to crop, timber, and 
livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a 
consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024 that 
a State, in its sole discretion, determines warrants such 
relief: Provided, That eligible States are those States with 
a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, 
as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service 
publication ‘‘Farm Income and Wealth Statistics’’ as of 
December 3, 2024, and fewer than eight thousand farms 
and an average farm size of fewer than one thousand acres 
per farm, as recorded in the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service publication ‘‘Farms and Land in Farms 2023 
Summary (February, 2024)’’: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall work with eligible States on any necessary 
terms and conditions of the block grants, fully taking in 
account the needs of each State: Provided further, That 
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any such terms and conditions may not impose additional 
costs on producers: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
for audits, investigations, and other oversight of projects 
and activities carried out with funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $42,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Forest 
Restoration Program’’, $356,535,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
tion Program’’, $828,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program’’ for necessary expenses for the Emer-
gency Watershed Protection Program, $920,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISASTER ASSISTANCE FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment Disaster Assistance Fund’’ as authorized under sec-
tion 6945 of title 7, United States Code, as amended by 
this Act, $362,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That section 6945(b) of title 7, United 
States Code, shall apply to amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading in this Act may not be trans-
ferred pursuant to section 2257 of title 7, United States 
Code: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance 
Program’’ for the emergency food assistance program as 
authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
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7508(a)(1)), $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds shall be for 
infrastructure needs related to the consequences of a 
major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in calendar years 2023 and 2024: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 2101. Section 10101 of the Disaster Relief and 
Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 
B of Public Law 110–329; 7 U.S.C. 6945) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for authorized activi-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘, in the form of loans, 
grants, loan guarantees, or cooperative 
agreements, for any authorized activity’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ between ‘‘Presi-
dent’’ and ‘‘the Secretary of Agriculture’’ 
and inserting a comma; and 
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(iii) by inserting after ‘‘the Secretary 
of Agriculture’’ the following: ‘‘, or the 
Governor of a State or Territory’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, inserting after 
‘‘to carry out the activity’’, the following: ‘‘, but 
shall not be limited to the original form of as-
sistance, if any’’; and 
(C) by inserting after the first sentence, as 
so amended, the following: ‘‘The cost of such 
direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost 
of modifying loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), to read as follows— 
‘‘(c) WAIVER
OF ACTIVITY
OR PROJECT LIMITA-
TIONS.—For any activity or project for which amounts in 
the Rural Development Disaster Assistance Fund will be 
obligated under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
any limits on population, income, age, and duplica-
tion with respect to replacement of damaged or de-
stroyed utilities, or cost-sharing otherwise applicable, 
except that, if the amounts proposed to be obligated 
in connection with the disaster would exceed the 
amount specified in subsection (h), the notification 
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required by that subsection shall include information 
and justification with regard to any waivers to be 
granted under this subsection; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Agriculture may use alter-
native sources of income data provided by local, re-
gional, State, or Federal government sources to de-
termine program eligibility; and 
‘‘(3) with respect to grants authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1926(a)(19), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall not require the applicant to demonstrate that 
it is unable to finance the proposed project from its 
own resources, or through commercial credit at rea-
sonable rates and terms, or other funding sources 
without grant assistance.’’. 
(3) Amounts provided by this section are des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 2102. (a)(1) With respect to the 2024 crop year, 
if the Secretary determines that the expected gross return 
per acre for an eligible commodity determined under para-
graph (2) is less than the expected cost of production per 
acre for that eligible commodity determined under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after 
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the date of enactment of this Act, make a 1-time economic 
assistance payment to each producer of that eligible com-
modity during that crop year. 
(2) The expected gross return per acre for an 
eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
be equal to— 
(A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 
the product obtained by multiplying— 
(i) the projected average farm price 
for the applicable eligible commodity for 
the 2024–2025 marketing year contained 
in the most recent World Agricultural Sup-
ply and Demand Estimates published be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act by 
the World Agricultural Outlook Board; and 
(ii) the national average harvested 
yield per acre for the applicable eligible 
commodity for the most recent 10 crop 
years, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(B) in the case of each eligible commodity 
not specified in subparagraph (A), a com-
parable estimate of gross returns, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
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(3) The expected cost of production per acre for 
an eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) 
shall be equal to— 
(A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 
the total costs listed for the 2024 crop year 
with respect to the applicable eligible com-
modity contained in the most recent data prod-
uct entitled ‘‘national average cost-of-produc-
tion forecasts for major U.S. field crops’’ pub-
lished by the Economic Research Service; and 
(B) in the case of each eligible commodity 
not specified in subparagraph (A), a com-
parable total estimated cost-of-production, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(4)(A) The amount of an economic assistance 
payment to a producer for an eligible commodity 
under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 26 percent of 
the product obtained by multiplying— 
(i) the economic loss for that eligible 
commodity determined under subpara-
graph (B); and 
(ii) the eligible acres of that eligible 
commodity on the farm determined under 
subparagraph (C). 
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(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), 
the economic loss for an eligible commodity 
shall be equal to the difference between— 
(i) the expected cost of production per 
acre for that eligible commodity, as deter-
mined under paragraph (3); and 
(ii) the expected gross return per acre 
for that eligible commodity, as determined 
under paragraph (2). 
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), 
the eligible acres of an eligible commodity on a 
farm shall be equal to the sum obtained by add-
ing— 
(i) the acreage planted on the farm to 
that eligible commodity for harvest, graz-
ing, haying, silage, or other similar pur-
poses for the 2024 crop year; and 
(ii) an amount equal to 50 percent of 
the acreage on the farm that was pre-
vented from being planted during the 2024 
crop year to that eligible commodity be-
cause of drought, flood, or other natural 
disaster, or other condition beyond the con-
trol of the producers on the farm, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
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(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(i), 
the Secretary shall consider acreage planted to 
include any land devoted to planted acres for 
accepted skip-row planting patterns, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(E) If the Secretary determines there is in-
sufficient data to determine the comparable es-
timate of gross returns with respect to an eligi-
ble commodity under paragraph (2)(B) or a 
comparable total estimated cost-of-production 
with respect to an eligible commodity under 
paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary shall use data 
related to a similarly situated commodity for 
purposes of determining the payment amount 
under this paragraph. 
(5) In no case shall the amount of an economic 
assistance payment to a producer for an eligible 
commodity under paragraph (1) be equal to less 
than the product obtained by multiplying— 
(A) 8 percent of the reference price for the 
eligible 
commodity 
described 
in 
section 
1111(19) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9011(19)); 
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(B) the national average payment yield for 
the eligible commodity described in section 
1111(15) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9011(15)); and 
(C) the number of eligible acres for the eli-
gible commodity described in paragraph (4)(C). 
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), sections 
1001, 1001A, 1001B, and 1001C of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308–1, 1308–2, 1308–3) 
shall apply with respect to assistance provided under this 
section. 
(2) The total amount of payments received, di-
rectly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (ex-
cept a joint venture or general partnership) under 
this section may not exceed— 
(A) $125,000, if less than 75 percent of 
the average gross income of the person or legal 
entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax years 
is 
derived 
from 
farming, 
ranching, 
or 
silviculture activities; and 
(B) $250,000, if not less than 75 percent 
of the average gross income of the person or 
legal entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax 
years is derived from farming, ranching, or 
silviculture activities. 
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(3) The payment limitations under paragraph 
(2) shall be separate from annual payment limita-
tions under any other program. 
(c) In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘extra-long staple cotton’’ and 
‘‘producer’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9011). 
(2) The term ‘‘cotton’’ means extra-long staple 
cotton and upland cotton. 
(3)(A) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ means a 
loan commodity (as defined in section 1201(a) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9031(a)). 
(B) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ does 
not include graded wool, nongraded wool, mo-
hair, or honey. 
(4) The terms ‘‘legal entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1001(a) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308(a)). 
(5) The term ‘‘rice’’ means long grain rice and 
medium grain rice. 
(6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
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(d) Amounts provided by this section are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop-
ment Assistance Programs’’, $1,510,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, pursuant to sections 209 and 703 
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (42 
U.S.C. 3149 and 3233), for economic adjustment assist-
ance related to flood mitigation, disaster relief, long-term 
recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that 
received a major disaster designation as a result of hurri-
canes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, 
and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 
2023 and 2024 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.): Provided, That within the amount appropriated 
under this heading in this Act, up to 3 percent of funds 
may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for admin-
istration and oversight activities: Provided further, That 
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within the amount appropriated under this heading in this 
Act, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Delta Re-
gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the Delta Regional Authority shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate 15 days prior to the obligation of 
the amounts made available under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is au-
thorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such tem-
porary personnel as may be necessary to implement the 
requirements under this heading in this Act, without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service: Provided 
further, That within the amount appropriated under this 
heading in this Act, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Departmental Management—Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ for carrying out investigations and audits related to 
the funding provided under this heading in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, wildfires, and 
other disasters in calendar years 2023 and 2024, 
$244,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, as follows: 
(1) $144,000,000 for repair and replacement of 
observing assets, real property, and equipment; for 
marine debris assessment and removal; and for map-
ping, charting, and geodesy services; and 
(2) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses re-
lated to the consequences of tornadoes, hurricanes, 
typhoons, flooding, and wildfires in calendar year 
2024; 
Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi-
tion and Construction’’ for necessary expenses related to 
the consequences of hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, volca-
noes, and other disasters in calendar years 2022, 2023 
and 2024, $499,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as follows: 
(1) $100,000,000 for repair and replacement of 
observing assets, real property, and equipment; and 
(2) $399,000,000 for the acquisition of hurri-
cane hunter aircraft and related expenses as author-
ized under section 11708 of division K of Public 
Law 117–263: 
Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
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FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As-
sistance’’ for necessary expenses associated with fishery 
resource 
disaster 
relief 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 312(a)(3)(A) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (18 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(3)(A)), any request for a 
fishery resource disaster determination in Tribal salmon 
and urchin fisheries received by the Secretary prior to 
September 30, 2025, may be evaluated by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That a portion of the amounts provided 
under this heading in this Act shall be used to provide 
additional assistance up to the historical percentage for 
positively determined disasters announced in calendar year 
2024 that were partially funded: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $12,000,000, to remain available until September 
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30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the protection 
of the residences of the Supreme Court Justices: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $64,795,500, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of major 
disasters: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SCIENCE 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction and En-
vironmental Compliance and Restoration’’ for repair and 
replacement of National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration facilities damaged by hurricanes, tropical storms, 
typhoons, and tornadoes in calendar years 2023 and 2024, 
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$740,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to 20 percent of such amount may be 
transferred to ‘‘Space Operations’’ for necessary expenses 
related to communications facilities and equipment, re-
quired remediation, and alternative operations caused by 
Typhoon Mawar: Provided further, That except as pro-
vided in the preceding proviso, the amounts appropriated 
under this heading in this Act shall not be available for 
transfer under any transfer authority provided for the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration in an appro-
priation Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army’’, $451,894,000, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of severe storms, straight-line winds, torna-
does, microbursts, and hurricanes in calendar years 2023 
and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy’’, $1,454,153,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, Idalia, Helene, 
and Milton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in cal-
endar year 2023: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $8,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force’’, $912,778,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 
Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Space Force’’, $90,230,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 
Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,208,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: 
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Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army Reserve’’, $19,594,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 
microbursts in calendar year 2024: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $1,319,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses re-
lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil-
ton and Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $26,065,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 
related to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil-
ton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in calendar years 
2023 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air National Guard’’, $2,209,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 
related to the consequences of Hurricane Helene and Ty-
phoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $125,100,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 
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consequences of Hurricane Helene: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $129,722,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Space 
Force’’, $37,994,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $41,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, for necessary ex-
penses related to the consequences of severe storms and 
wave overwash: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $69,278,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $17,362,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE IV 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses related to the completion, or initiation and 
completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, includ-
ing shore protection, studies that are currently authorized, 
to reduce risks from future floods and hurricanes, at full 
Federal expense: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be for high-priority 
studies of projects in States and insular areas with a 
major disaster, including for glacial lake outbursts, in cal-
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endar year 2022, 2023, or 2024: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act and not less than three business days prior to public 
release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 
of study locations, new studies selected to be initiated, the 
total cost for each study selected for funding, the remain-
ing cost for each ongoing study selected for funding, and 
a schedule by fiscal year of the proposed use of such funds: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall not 
deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub-
mitted to such Committees: Provided further, That funds 
included in a submitted work plan shall be deemed allo-
cated to specific projects and subject to the reprogram-
ming requirements specified in section 101(6) of the En-
ergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2024: Provided further, That beginning 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act and until all amounts provided under this heading in 
this Act have been expended, the Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quarterly report 
directly to such Committees detailing the allocation, obli-
gation, and expenditure of the funds provided under this 
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heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$700,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses to address emergency situations at Corps 
of Engineers projects, construct Corps of Engineers 
projects, and rehabilitate and repair damages caused by 
natural disasters to Corps of Engineers projects: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading in this 
Act, $100,000,000 shall be used for continuing authorities 
projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm damage, 
notwithstanding project number or program cost limita-
tions: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be to 
complete, or initiate and complete, without regard to new 
start or new investment decision considerations, a useful 
increment of work for water-related environmental infra-
structure assistance in States and insular areas that were 
impacted by disasters occurring in or prior to calendar 
year 2024: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be for 
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projects that have previously received funds under this 
heading in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Ap-
propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), 
title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 
Public Law 117–43), and for which non-Federal interests 
have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary 
as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That each project receiving funds pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall be subject to the terms and conditions 
of such chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appro-
priations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 
Public Law 117–43), and as specifically modified by sec-
tion 111 of the Energy and Water Development and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of 
Public Law 118–42), as applicable: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
eligible construction costs for coastal harbors and chan-
nels, and for inland harbors eligible to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund under section 101 
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or section 104 of the Water Resources and Development 
Act of 2020 shall be derived from the general fund of the 
Treasury: Provided further, That for projects receiving 
funding under this heading in this Act, the limitation con-
cerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
shall not apply to funds provided under this heading in 
this Act: Provided further, That for any projects using 
funding provided under this heading in this Act, the non- 
Federal cash contribution for projects shall be financed 
in accordance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Pub-
lic Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years from the date 
of completion of the project, separable element, or useful 
increment: Provided further, That any projects initiated 
using funds provided under this heading in this Act shall 
be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered 
into binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, 
where applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 
percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replace-
ment, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold 
and save the United States free from damages due to the 
construction or operation and maintenance of the project, 
except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the 
United States or its contractors: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
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Act and not less than three business days prior to public 
release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 
of project locations, the total cost for all projects, and a 
schedule by fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to such 
Committees: Provided further, That funds included in a 
submitted work plan shall be deemed allocated to specific 
projects and subject to the reprogramming requirements 
specified in section 101(7) of the Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024: Provided further, That beginning not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act and until all 
amounts provided under this heading in this Act have been 
expended, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works shall provide a quarterly report directly to such 
Committees detailing the allocation, obligation, and ex-
penditure of the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 
Tributaries’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situ-
ations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, 
and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps of Engineers 
projects, caused by natural disasters: Provided, That be-
ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head-
ing in this Act have been expended, the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quar-
terly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the allocation, obligation, and expenditure of the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), $745,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other natural disasters 
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and support emergency operations, repairs, and other ac-
tivities in response to such disasters, as authorized by law: 
Provided, That funding provided under this heading in 
this Act utilized to repair authorized shore protection 
projects shall restore such projects to their full project 
profile at full Federal expense: Provided further, That be-
ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head-
ing in this Act have been expended, the Chief of Engineers 
shall provide a quarterly report directly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate detailing the allocation, obligation, and expenditure 
of the funds provided under this heading in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 
Resources’’, $74,464,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $27,930,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses related to the consequences of natural disasters 
that occurring in or prior to calendar year 2024: Provided, 
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That $46,534,000 shall be available for deposit into the 
Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 
9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)), and shall be made avail-
able for reserved or transferred works that have suffered 
a critical failure, in accordance with section 40901(2)(A) 
of division D of Public Law 117–58: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses related to damages caused 
by natural disasters: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Activities’’, 
$1,884,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses related to damages caused by Hurricanes 
Helene and Milton: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Environ-
mental Cleanup’’, $2,415,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses related to damages 
caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE V 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $13,597,000, to remain available until expended, 
for protection of the residences of the Supreme Court Jus-
tices: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ for the cost of direct loans authorized by 
section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $2,249,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $50,000,000 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Administration— 
Office of Inspector General’’ for audits and reviews of dis-
aster loans and the disaster loans programs, and of which 
$613,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Ad-
ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’ for administrative 
expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized 
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notwithstanding section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, funds appropriated under this paragraph in 
this Act may be used to provide grants regardless of 
whether such grants will be used to support actions that 
would not otherwise be taken without emergency assist-
ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph in this Act may be used to provide tech-
nical assistance and grants under section 1442(b) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to any appropriate recipient, as 
determined by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, to assist in responding to and alle-
viating an emergency situation affecting a privately owned 
water system: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this paragraph in this Act may be used to take ac-
tions authorized under section 504(a) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act that the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency deems necessary to pro-
tect the health or welfare of persons affected by a water 
emergency, including other necessary actions and for pro-
viding technical assistance and grants to address such 
water emergency: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 
up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act for management and oversight: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
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