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pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 791. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for veterinary diagnostics 
under the heading ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, Salaries and Expenses account’’, $5,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 792. The agencies and offices of the Department 
of Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the General Coun-
sel (OGC), out of the funds provided in this Act, for costs 
incurred by OGC in providing services to such agencies or of-
fices under time-limited agreements entered into with such 
agencies and offices: Provided, That such transfer authority 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 793. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting 
Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities 
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry 
out activities associated with facilitating, attracting, and re-
taining business investment in the United States, to carry out 
activities associated with title VI of division BB of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, in-
cluding expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United 
States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and em-
ployees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation 
of employees of the International Trade Administration be-
tween two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 
title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the 
United States and aliens by contract for services; recognizing 
contributions to export expansion pursuant to Executive
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Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not exceed-
ing 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable ex-
hibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 
of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehi-
cle; not to exceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations; ob-
taining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie 
lines, $623,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 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: 
Provided further, That $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees 
to be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis-
tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 
States Code: Provided further, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for 
China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 
compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of
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the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, con-
tributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for 
assessments for services provided as part of these activities: 
Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-
ing, up to $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the purpose of carrying out a pilot fellowship pro-
gram of the United States Commercial Service under which 
the Secretary of Commerce may make competitive grants to 
appropriate institutions of higher education or students to in-
crease the level of knowledge and awareness of, and interest 
in employment with, that Service among minority students: 
Provided further, That any grants awarded under such pro-
gram shall be made pursuant to regulations to be prescribed 
by the Secretary, which shall require as a condition of the ini-
tial receipt of grant funds, a commitment by prospective 
grantees to accept full-time employment in the Global Mar-
kets unit of the International Trade Administration upon the 
completion of participation in the program.
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BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export ad-
ministration field activities both domestically and abroad; full 
medical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami-
lies of employees stationed overseas; employment of citizens 
of the United States and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in 
the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 
Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to ex-
ceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Con-
trol Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019; Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 
4801 et seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act 
of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor 
vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement ve-
hicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limita-
tion otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of which 
$76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading for
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activities under the ‘‘revised nonsecurity category’’, as defined 
in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as 
amended, $20,000,000 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 Def-
icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the provi-
sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-
rying out these activities: Provided further, That payments 
and contributions collected and accepted for materials or 
services provided as part of such activities may be retained 
for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for pro-
viding information to the public with respect to the export ad-
ministration and national security activities of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and other export control programs of the 
United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by sections 27, 28, and 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a,
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and 3723), as amended, $400,000,000 to remain available 
until expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants 
under section 27, $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 28, and $2,500,000 shall be for grants under section 30: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $30,000,000 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 Def-
icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That any deviation 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$68,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to 
title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976; title II 
of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 through 30 of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and the Community Emer-
gency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
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MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Devel-
opment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing mi-
nority 
business 
enterprises, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$68,250,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
Commerce, $125,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $328,500,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic cen-
suses and programs provided for by law, $1,054,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That,
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from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for pro-
motion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administra-
tion (NTIA), $57,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal 
agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, anal-
ysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be 
retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such 
spectrum services, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds trans-
ferred, or previously transferred, from other Government 
agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications re-
search, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its 
assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds re-
ceived from other Government agencies shall remain available 
until expended.
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PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated 
are available for the administration of all open grants until 
their expiration. 
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the design, construction, al-
teration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings 
and facilities managed by the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration, not otherwise provided for, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and sur-
charges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law 
are received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a fiscal 
year 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at
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$0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024, should the 
total amount of such offsetting collections be less than 
$4,195,799,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$4,195,799,000 in fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the Pat-
ent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the Director of 
USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 
and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That any 
amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding pro-
viso shall be transferred to the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided 
further, That the budget of the President submitted for fiscal 
year 2025 under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall include within amounts provided under this head-
ing for necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that 
are expected to result from an increase promulgated through 
rule or regulation in offsetting collections of fees and sur-
charges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law 
in either fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided fur-
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ther, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made available for 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec-
essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage of 
basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees under 
section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the nor-
mal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that 
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees 
subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) 
the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, 
as determined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-re-
tirement life insurance and post-retirement health benefits 
coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Em-
ployees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred 
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the 
FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appro-
priate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of 
those accounts: Provided further, That any differences be-
tween the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 
300 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 
for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an imputed
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cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by 
USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 
42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 
22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts appro-
priated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’ account for activities associated with car-
rying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,080,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $222,841,000 shall be made available for the 
NIST—STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the
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preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other pur-
pose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv-
ices, $212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for 
the Manufacturing USA Program. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including ar-
chitectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as au-
thorized by sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), 
$168,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$80,242,000 shall be made available for the NIST—Con-
struction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
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A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That up to one 
percent of amounts made available for the projects referenced 
in the preceding proviso may be used for the administrative 
costs of such projects: Provided further, That the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any 
amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such 
spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials 
for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary submits to Congress 
in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub-
mitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each 
National Institute of Standards and Technology construction 
project having a total multi-year program cost of more than 
$5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification ma-
terials shall include an estimate of the budgetary require-
ments for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fis-
cal years.
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of air-
craft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries man-
agement, notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for 
the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 
agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,548,485,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for 
the management of national marine sanctuaries may be re-
tained and used for the salaries and expenses associated with 
those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 
$369,522,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 
for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant 
Program; Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assess-
ments; Observers and Training; Fisheries Management Pro-
grams and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for
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payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided further, That of the $4,946,007,000 pro-
vided 
for 
in 
direct 
obligations 
under 
this 
heading, 
$4,548,485,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$369,522,000 is provided by transfer, and $28,000,000 is de-
rived from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$139,499,000 shall be made available for the NOAA—CZM 
and NOAA—ORF projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
the amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other pur-
pose: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of 
funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be 
subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: 
Provided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 
expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 
care of retired personnel and their dependents under the De-
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pendents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums 
as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital 
assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the Na-
tional 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration, 
$1,719,866,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facilities 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available in the matter preceding this proviso, 
$100,000,000 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: Provided further, That in addition, $44,000,000 shall 
be derived by transfer for the purposes provided under this 
heading from the unobligated balances in the Fund estab-
lished in section 111(a) of division B of Public Law 116–93: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso from amounts made available in 
section 101(e)(1) of title I of division A of Public Law 118– 
5: Provided further, That of the $1,776,866,000 provided for 
in direct obligations under this heading, $1,719,866,000 is 
appropriated from the general fund, $13,000,000 is provided
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from recoveries of prior year obligations, and $44,000,000 is 
provided by transfer: Provided further, That any deviation 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Commerce shall include in budget justification materials 
for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary submits to Congress 
in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub-
mitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration procure-
ment, acquisition or construction project having a total of 
more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget jus-
tification shall include an estimate of the budgetary require-
ments for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fis-
cal years. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the funds 
provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants 
to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Cali-
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fornia, and Alaska, and to the federally recognized Tribes of 
the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for 
projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead 
populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or 
that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for 
maintaining populations necessary for exercise of Tribal trea-
ty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for con-
servation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, 
based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Com-
merce: Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated 
based on scientific and other merit principles and shall not 
be available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 
funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching re-
quirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 
least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of administering the fishery dis-
aster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 
94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of 
Public Law 99–659), $300,000. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts
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collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2024, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 
Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of 
division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117–328)), the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration may assess and collect fees pursuant to 
such section, which shall be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended, for the purposes specified in 
subsection (b) of such section, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purposes. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the De-
partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not to 
exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$94,500,000: Provided, That no employee of the Department 
of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from a bureau or
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office funded by this Act or any other Act to offices within 
the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce 
for more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual’s 
employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary 
and expenses of the employee for the entire period of assign-
ment using funds provided under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available to the Department of 
Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred 
pursuant to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the ac-
count funded under this heading, except in the case of ex-
traordinary circumstances that threaten life or property. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable ap-
propriations and funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), 
to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and,
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notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that 
such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act 
for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such ap-
propriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad-
vance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (in-
cluding land, structures, and equipment) not specifically pro-
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vided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for 
the Department of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of 
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by 
section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, are 
hereby adopted by reference and made applicable with respect 
to fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the life cycle cost for the 
Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000, the life 
cycle 
cost 
of 
the 
Polar 
Follow 
On 
Program 
is 
$6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 
$11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost for the Space Weath-
er Follow On Program is $692,800,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including 
but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security 
services) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, 
and improvement of space that persons, firms, or organiza-
tions are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coop-
erative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 
which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Adminis-
trator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property
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and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 
or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimburse-
ment for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, 
up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or 
fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to pre-
vent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its 
networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 
of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States, or of any State, local govern-
ment, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or possession, or 
of any political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign govern-
ment or international organization, for purposes related to 
carrying out the responsibilities of any statute administered 
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service 
shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 
document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 
Service has provided information to the customer on how an
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electronic copy of such report or document may be accessed 
and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still re-
quire the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the 
report or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering 
the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering 
such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the 
Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into 
grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-re-
imbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and fa-
cilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds made 
available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State 
or subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal government, 
Territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof: Provided, 
That funds received for permitting and related regulatory ac-
tivities pursuant to this section shall be deposited under the 
heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That all funds within this section and their cor-
responding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior 
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for 
necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and
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Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, 
including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall be 
available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appro-
priate entities, including any Federal, State, or local govern-
mental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid and 
promote statistical, research, and methodology activities 
which further the purposes for which such amounts have been 
made available. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee 
of the Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost 
sharing requirements under section 315, of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at 
the request of the grant applicant, for amounts made avail-
able under this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Acqui-
sition and Construction’’ under the heading ‘‘National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration’’. 
SEC. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discre-
tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 
of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may be obli-
gated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.
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SEC. 113. The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 
and Atmosphere is authorized to designate one or more Coop-
erative Aviation Centers for the purposes of recruiting avi-
ators for the NOAA commissioned officer corps from institu-
tions that provide a four-year baccalaureate program of pro-
fessional flight and piloting instruction that is accredited by 
the Aviation Accreditation Board International: Provided, 
That Cooperative Aviation Centers shall be located in a geo-
graphic area that experiences a wide variation in climate-re-
lated activity, such as frequent high winds, convective activity 
(including tornadoes), periods of low visibility, heat, and snow 
and ice episodes, to provide opportunities for pilots to dem-
onstrate skill in all weather conditions compatible with future 
encounters during their service in the commissioned officer 
corps of the Administration. 
SEC. 114. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration may accept payments from 
a non-Federal party during fiscal year 2024 for the purpose 
of altering or replacing fencing, and related activities, for the 
Administration’s port facility in Ketchikan, Alaska. Amounts 
accepted under this section may be credited to the appropria-
tion account otherwise available for such purpose and shall 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 115. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the em-
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ployees of the National Weather Service and non-govern-
mental experts in personnel management, may establish an 
alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, including 
permanent change of station allowance, notwithstanding the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regulations prescribed 
under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operations, management, 
and 
accountability 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Justice, 
$142,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 
Justice facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any reference to the Department of Justice’s 
‘‘General Administration’’ appropriations heading (including 
references that include its subheadings) which appears in any 
rule, regulation, provision, law, or other official document, 
shall hereafter be deemed a reference to the Department of 
Justice’s ‘‘Justice Operations, Management, and Account-
ability’’ appropriations heading. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and de-
partmental direction, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer 
up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds available to 
the Department of Justice for information technology, to re-
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main available until expended, for enterprise-wide information 
technology initiatives: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained in this Act: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of immi-
gration-related activities of the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review, $844,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration 
Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 
Fee’’ account, and of which not less than $28,000,000 shall 
be available for services and activities provided by the Legal 
Orientation 
Program: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under this 
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2028, for 
build-out and modifications of courtroom space. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character: Provided,
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That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $14,000,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, upon the expiration 
of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may 
continue to act until a successor has been appointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the De-
partment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not 
to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be 
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for sole-
ly under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the adminis-
tration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent of private 
or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, 
$1,090,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for liti-
gation support contracts and information technology projects, 
including cybersecurity and hardening of critical networks, 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay-
ments, not to exceed $900,000 shall remain available until
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expended: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $8,900 shall be available to 
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and represen-
tation expenses: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $8,900 shall be available to the 
Criminal Division for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of 
this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for litiga-
tion activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General 
Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be nec-
essary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such 
sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the 
election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the 
Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and ex-
penses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under
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this heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any funds provided under this heading in prior year appro-
priations Acts that remain available to the Civil Rights Divi-
sion for salaries and expenses associated with the election 
monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry out any 
authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division: Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso 
may not be used to increase the number of permanent posi-
tions. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 
$22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 
and kindred laws, $233,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$233,000,000 to be derived from fees collected for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
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provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the 
year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds 
credited to this account as offsetting collections during the 
current fiscal year shall become available for obligation in any 
fiscal year except as provided in the preceding two provisos 
or as provided in a subsequent appropriations Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coopera-
tive agreements, $2,611,000,000: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That each United 
States Attorney shall establish or participate in a task force 
on human trafficking.
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from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary offset-
ting collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$2,504,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, and 
for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 
is for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites; 
not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and mainte-
nance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure tele-
communications equipment and a secure automated informa-
tion network to store and retrieve the identities and locations 
of protected witnesses: Provided, That amounts made avail-
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able under this heading may not be transferred pursuant to 
section 205 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $24,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney Gen-
eral that emergent circumstances require additional funding 
for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the 
Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, 
from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 
to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and 
(G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, 
$20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 
Assets Forfeiture Fund.
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UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service, $1,692,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $163,000,000 is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or 
utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, 
$2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$250,000,000 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
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1985: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law en-
forcement assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States 
Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the Jus-
tice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
National Security Division, $128,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the 
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require addi-
tional funding for the activities of the National Security Divi-
sion, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this 
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal 
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to 
respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES 
For necessary expenses for the identification, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals associated with the most 
significant drug trafficking organizations, transnational orga-
nized crime, and money laundering organizations not other-
wise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements 
with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the 
investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in 
transnational 
organized 
crime 
and 
drug 
trafficking, 
$547,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under au-
thorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this 
appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes 
against the United States, $10,643,713,000, of which not to 
exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $279,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, re-
lated to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and 
sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conver-
sion, modification, and extension of federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects; and operation 
and maintenance of secure work environment facilities and 
secure networking capabilities; $30,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to sec-
tion 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses for 
conducting drug education and training programs, including 
travel and related expenses for participants in such programs 
and the distribution of items of token value that promote the 
goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and 
not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $328,000,000 is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 
106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse 
States, units of local government, Indian Tribal Governments, 
other public entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional con-
sortia thereof for expenses incurred to clean up and safely 
dispose of substances associated with clandestine meth-
amphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction oper-
ations, tableting operations, or laboratories and processing 
operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances which 
may present a danger to public health or the environment. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 
local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training and 
acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants de-
tection; and for provision of laboratory assistance to State 
and local law enforcement agencies, with or without reim-
bursement, $1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $35,650 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses, not 
to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of at-
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torneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or 
act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to inves-
tigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for re-
lief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 
title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to trans-
fer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or 
Departments. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for 
the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal 
penal and correctional institutions, and for the provision of 
technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues 
to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided, That not 
less than $409,483,000 shall be for the programs and activi-
ties authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–391), of which not less than 2 percent shall be trans-
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ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Research, 
Evaluation and Statistics’’ for the National Institute of Jus-
tice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities re-
lated to the First Step Act of 2018: Provided further, That 
the Attorney General may transfer to the Department of 
Health and Human Services such amounts as may be nec-
essary for direct expenditures by that Department for med-
ical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional insti-
tutions: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 
Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts 
with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to 
determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of 
the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to individ-
uals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for necessary operations: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, 
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts 
and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 
accept donated property and services relating to the operation 
of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which
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has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the 
fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 
contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the oper-
ation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custo-
dial facilities: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading for programs and activities related to the 
First Step Act may not be transferred, or otherwise made 
available, to or for administration by the Department of 
Labor. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of 
new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and cor-
rectional use, including all necessary expenses incident there-
to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod-
eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at ex-
isting penal and correctional institutions, including all nec-
essary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$179,762,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$30,000,000 shall be available only for costs related to con-
struction of new facilities: Provided, That labor of United 
States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 
appropriation.
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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its ad-
ministrative expenses, and for services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed on 
an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the cor-
poration’s current prescribed accounting system, and such 
amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, 
and expenditures which such accounting system requires to 
be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or 
produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and ex-
penses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, 
maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facili-
ties and other property belonging to the corporation or in 
which it has an interest.
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STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence 
against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (‘‘the 
1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) 
(Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights Act’’); the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 
Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end 
the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Vi-
olence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
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(Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Vic-
tims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 
2015 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 
115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 
2022 Act’’); and for related victims services, $713,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $80,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from amounts available for obli-
gation in this Act from the Fund established by section 1402 
of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 
20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act of 
1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise made available 
under this heading: Provided, That except as otherwise pro-
vided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds made available 
under this heading may be used for expenses related to eval-
uation, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided— 
(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence 
against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, 
and any applicable increases for the amount of such 
grants, as authorized by section 5903 of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for any 
such increases under such section 5903, which shall
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apply to fiscal year 2024 grants funded by amounts pro-
vided in this paragraph; 
(2) $50,000,000 is for transitional housing assist-
ance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 
40299 of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Jus-
tice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, 
evaluation, and statistics of violence against women and 
related issues addressed by grant programs of the Office 
on Violence Against Women, which shall be transferred 
to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administra-
tion by the Office of Justice Programs; 
(4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide 
services to advocate for and respond to youth victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking; assistance to children and youth exposed to 
such violence; and assistance to middle and high school 
students through education and other services related to 
such violence, of which $3,500,000 is to engage men and 
youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That unobligated 
balances available for the programs authorized by sec-
tions 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, 
prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be avail-
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able for this program: Provided further, That 10 percent 
of the total amount available for this grant program 
shall be available for grants under the program author-
ized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided further, 
That the definitions and grant conditions in section 
40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; 
(5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the crimi-
nal justice response as authorized by part U of title I 
of the 1968 Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a 
homicide reduction initiative; up to $4,000,000 is for a 
domestic violence lethality reduction initiative; and up to 
$8,000,000 is for an initiative to promote effective polic-
ing and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including eval-
uation of the effectiveness of funded interventions (‘‘Po-
licing and Prosecution Initiative’’); 
(6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assist-
ance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act; 
(7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and 
child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized 
by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by sec-
tion 304 of the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for 
grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal colleges and 
universities; 
(9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, 
as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and serv-
ices to end violence against and abuse of women in later 
life, as authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act; 
(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families 
in the justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of 
the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated balances avail-
able for the programs authorized by section 1301 of the 
2000 Act and section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to 
their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 
this program; 
(12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to 
end violence against and abuse of women with disabil-
ities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act; 
(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Cen-
ter on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic 
violence, as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 
Act; 
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on vio-
lence against Indian women, including as authorized by 
section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds 
may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statis-
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tics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice Pro-
grams; 
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that 
provides training and technical assistance on issues re-
lating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska 
Native women; 
(16) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal 
Governments in exercising special Tribal criminal juris-
diction, as authorized by section 204 of the Indian Civil 
Rights Act: Provided, That the grant conditions in sec-
tion 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to grants 
made; 
(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 
under the 2015 Act; 
(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program as author-
ized by section 41801 of the 1994 Act: Provided, That 
the definitions and grant conditions in section 109 of the 
2022 Act shall apply to this program; 
(19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services 
for victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 
Act; 
(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support 
cross-designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special 
Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That the
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definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
1994 Act shall apply to this initiative; 
(21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking, including through the provision of technical 
assistance, as authorized by section 206 of the 2022 Act: 
Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initia-
tive; 
(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 
Line to provide remote services to Deaf victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking: Provided, That the definitions and grant condi-
tions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to 
this service line; 
(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and serv-
ices to underserved populations, as authorized by section 
120 of the 2005 Act; 
(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide finan-
cial assistance to victims, including evaluation of the ef-
fectiveness of funded projects: Provided, That the defini-
tions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 
Act shall apply to this initiative; 
(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-cen-
tered training for law enforcement, and related research
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and evaluation activities, as authorized by section 41701 
of the 1994 Act; 
(26) $10,000,000 is for grants to support access to 
sexual assault nurse examinations, as authorized by sec-
tion 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Provided, That the 
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall 
apply to this program; and 
(27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants 
for 
prevention, 
enforcement, 
and 
prosecution 
of 
cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by section 
1401 of the 2022 Act, and for a National Resource Cen-
ter on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, as authorized by 
section 1402 of the 2022 Act: Provided, That the grant 
conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 
to this paragraph. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 
Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); 
the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Ex-
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by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of 
title II of the 2002 Act, and for activities authorized by 
or consistent with the First Step Act of 2018, of which 
$1,500,000 is for research on multidisciplinary teams, 
and not less than $1,500,000 is for Research and Devel-
opment in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Pur-
poses grants. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 
Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for 
All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Vi-
olence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’); the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–
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180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Prison 
Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79) 
(‘‘PREA’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 
Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the 
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the 
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau-
thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
416); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehen-
sive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 
198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (divi-
sion Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); 
the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of divi-
sion S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes 
Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V 
of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP School Vi-
olence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division 
S of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods 
Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 
(Public Law 115–271); the Second Chance Reauthorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); the Matthew Shepard
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and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public 
Law 111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains 
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Jabara-Heyer NO 
HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against Women 
Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 
117–103) 
(‘‘the 
2022 
Act’’); 
and 
other 
programs, 
$2,475,061,000, to remain available until expended as fol-
lows— 
(1) $924,061,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial 
Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by sub-
part 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that 
section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico 
under section 505(g), of title I of the 1968 Act shall not 
apply for purposes of this Act), of which, notwith-
standing such subpart 1— 
(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wil-
son III memorial initiative on Preventing Violence 
Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer 
Resilience and Survivability (VALOR); 
(B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, mainte-
nance, and expansion of the National Missing and 
Unidentified Persons System; 
(C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for 
State and local law enforcement to provide officer
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training on responding to individuals with mental 
illness or disabilities, including for purposes de-
scribed in the Law Enforcement De-Escalation 
Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–325); 
(D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repay-
ment assistance program pursuant to section 952 of 
Public Law 110–315; 
(E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention 
and prosecution grants to States and units of local 
government, and other programs, as authorized by 
PREA; 
(F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans 
Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as 
amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law; 
(G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized 
under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Au-
thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); 
(H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation 
Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 
wrongful conviction review; 
(I) $3,000,000 is for the program specified in 
paragraph (1)(I) under the heading ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in division B 
of Public Law 117–328;
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(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 
Ashanti Alert Communications Network as author-
ized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–401); 
(K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to rep-
licate and support family-based alternative sen-
tencing programs; 
(L) $1,000,000 is for a grant program to sup-
port child advocacy training in post-secondary edu-
cation; 
(M) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime ini-
tiative, including assistance for law enforcement; 
(N) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under 
the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act 
of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); 
(O) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited in-
stitutions of higher education to support forensic 
ballistics programs; 
(P) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 
under section 1506 of the 2022 Act; 
(Q) $125,000,000 is for grants for law enforce-
ment activities associated with the presidential 
nominating conventions in addition to amounts pro-
vided for such purposes in section 222 of this Act; 
and
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(R) $350,028,000 is for discretionary grants to 
improve the functioning of the criminal justice sys-
tem, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and 
to assist victims of crime (other than compensa-
tion), which shall be made available for the OJP— 
Byrne projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included for this divi-
sion in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That such amounts 
may not be transferred for any other purpose; 
(2) $234,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien As-
sistance Program, as authorized by section 241(I)(5) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231(I)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction shall request 
compensation for any cost greater than the actual cost 
for Federal immigration and other detainees housed in 
State and local detention facilities; 
(3) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for 
victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) 
of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 
2005, or programs authorized under Public Law 113–4; 
(4) $12,000,000 for a grant program to prevent 
and address economic, high technology, white collar, and
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Internet crime, including as authorized by section 401 of 
Public Law 110–403, of which not less than $2,500,000 
is for intellectual property enforcement grants including 
as authorized by section 401, and $2,000,000 is for 
grants to develop databases on Internet of Things device 
capabilities and to build and execute training modules 
for law enforcement; 
(5) $19,000,000 for sex offender management as-
sistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and re-
lated activities; 
(6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof 
Vest Partnership Grant Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That 
$1,500,000 shall be transferred directly to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law 
Enforcement Standards for research, testing, and eval-
uation programs; 
(7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Pub-
lic Website; 
(8) $88,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade 
criminal and mental health records for the National In-
stant Criminal Background Check System, of which no 
less than $25,000,000 shall be for grants made under 
the authorities of the NICS Improvement Amendments
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Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180) and Fix NICS Act 
of 2018; 
(9) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I 
of the 1968 Act; 
(10) $153,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 
programs and activities, of which— 
(A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes author-
ized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) 
(the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 
Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made avail-
able under this paragraph may be used for the pur-
poses described in the DNA Training and Edu-
cation for Law Enforcement, Correctional Per-
sonnel, and Court Officers program (Public Law 
108–405, section 303); 
(B) $15,000,000 for other local, State, and 
Federal forensic activities; 
(C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described 
in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 
Testing Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, sec-
tion 412); and
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(D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic 
Exam Program grants, including as authorized by 
section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 
(11) $51,500,000 for community-based grant pro-
grams to improve the response to sexual assault and 
apply enhanced approaches and techniques to reduce vio-
lent crime, including assistance for investigation and 
prosecution of related cold cases; 
(12) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special 
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 
1990 Act; 
(13) $50,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes; 
(14) $117,000,000 for offender reentry programs 
and research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act 
of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by the Second 
Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
391), without regard to the time limitations specified at 
section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed— 
(A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve 
State, local, and Tribal probation or parole super-
vision efforts and strategies; 
(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated 
parents demonstration programs to enhance and 
maintain parental and family relationships for in-
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carcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduc-
tion strategy; 
(C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication 
sites employing the Project HOPE Opportunity 
Probation with Enforcement model implementing 
swift and certain sanctions in probation, of which 
no less than $500,000 shall be used for a project 
that provides training, technical assistance, and 
best practices; and 
(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for 
crisis stabilization and community reentry, as au-
thorized by the Crisis Stabilization and Community 
Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–281): 
Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made avail-
able in this paragraph may be used for performance- 
based awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up 
to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs im-
plementing the Permanent Supportive Housing Model 
and reentry housing; 
(15) $420,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use re-
duction activities, including as authorized by CARA, and 
for the following programs, which shall address opioid, 
stimulant, and substance use disorders consistent with 
underlying program authorities, of which—
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(A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 
1968 Act; 
(B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts 
and adult and juvenile collaboration program 
grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title 
I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender 
Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
416); 
(C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential 
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 
authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treatment 
courts program; 
(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor 
prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 
products; and 
(F) $189,000,000 is for a comprehensive 
opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder pro-
gram; 
(16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program 
authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;
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(17) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized 
under the STOP School Violence Act; 
(18) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law 
enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with 
the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses in-
volving civil rights, as authorized by the Emmett Till 
Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–325); 
(19) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and 
Tribal law enforcement agencies to conduct educational 
outreach and training on hate crimes and to investigate 
and prosecute hate crimes, as authorized by section 
4704 of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. 
Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111–84); 
(20) $9,000,000 for grants specified in paragraph 
(20) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’ in division B of Public Law 117–328; 
(21) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the 
Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); 
(22) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police- 
community relations, of which $32,000,000 is for a com-
petitive matching grant program for purchases of body- 
worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment; $32,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initia-
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tive, for activities related to criminal justice reform and 
recidivism reduction; and $50,000,000 is for a commu-
nity violence intervention and prevention initiative; and 
(23) $3,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement 
assistance for events occurring during or after fiscal year 
2024, as authorized by section 609M of the Justice As-
sistance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101): 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the 
funds made available under this heading to increase the num-
ber of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government 
will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement offi-
cers who perform non-administrative public sector safety 
service: Provided further, That in the spending plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 528 of this Act, the Office of Jus-
tice Programs shall specifically and explicitly identify all 
changes in the administration of competitive grant programs 
for fiscal year 2024, including changes to applicant eligibility, 
priority areas or weightings, and the application review proc-
ess: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the amount specified in paragraph (1)(Q) 
is designated by the Congress as 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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(5) $103,000,000 for missing and exploited children 
programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) 
and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 
102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply for purposes 
of this Act); 
(6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs 
for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by 
section 222 of the 1990 Act; and 
(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile 
indigent defense: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 
may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities 
designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Pro-
vided further, That not more than 2 percent of the amounts 
designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be 
used for training and technical assistance: Provided further, 
That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to grants and 
projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of 
the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children programs. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including
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amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until 
expended; and $34,800,000 for payments authorized by sec-
tion 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance au-
thorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General 
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for 
such disability and education payments, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Bene-
fits’’ from available appropriations for the Department of 
Justice as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Depart-
ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American Law Enforcement
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Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–37); the Law Enforce-
ment Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public Law 115–113) 
(‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the SUPPORT for Patients and Com-
munities Act (Public Law 115–271); the Supporting and 
Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) 
(‘‘the STOIC Act’’); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation 
Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–325), $664,516,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That any bal-
ances made available through prior year deobligations shall 
only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading— 
(1) $256,168,839 is for grants under section 1701 
of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hir-
ing and rehiring of additional career law enforcement of-
ficers under part Q of such title notwithstanding sub-
section (i) of such section: Provided, That, notwith-
standing section 1704(c) of such title (34 U.S.C. 
10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career law 
enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
paragraph, $34,000,000 is for improving Tribal law en-
forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, anti-
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methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activities: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional infor-
mation sharing activities, as authorized by part M of 
title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statistics’’ for 
administration by the Office of Justice Programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this paragraph, no less than $4,000,000 is to support 
the Tribal Access Program: Provided further, That of the 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
this 
paragraph, 
$10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, mental 
health program activities, and other support services as 
authorized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative 
reform model of technical assistance in furtherance of 
section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 
10381); 
(2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the 
POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State 
law enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of 
precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, labora-
tories, and laboratory dump seizures: Provided, That
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funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be uti-
lized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate il-
licit activities, including precursor diversion, laboratories, 
or methamphetamine traffickers; 
(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to state-
wide law enforcement agencies in States with high rates 
of primary treatment admissions for heroin and other 
opioids: Provided, That these funds shall be utilized for 
investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit ac-
tivities, including activities related to the distribution of 
heroin or unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, or 
unlawful heroin and prescription opioid traffickers 
through statewide collaboration; 
(5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be ad-
ministered by the Community Oriented Policing Services 
Office for purposes authorized under the STOP School 
Violence Act (title V of division S of Public Law 115– 
141); 
(6) $25,000,000 is for community policing develop-
ment activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I 
of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381); 
(7) $247,347,161 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and interoperable communications program, and 
related law enforcement and public safety equipment, 
which shall be made available for the COPS Tech
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projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That such amounts may not be transferred for any other 
purpose: Provided further, That grants funded by such 
amounts shall not be subject to section 1703 of title I 
of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and 
(8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the 
Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 
(Public Law 117–325). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able in this title for official reception and representation ex-
penses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be 
available to the Attorney General for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life 
of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 
should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a
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court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and 
void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facili-
tate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove 
the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to 
provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to re-
ceive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That 
nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect of 
section 203 intended to address the philosophical beliefs of 
individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to the following— 
(1) paragraph 1(R) under the heading ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and
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(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under this 
title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the 
United States Marshals Service for the purpose of trans-
porting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction 
for crime under State or Federal law and is classified as a 
maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison 
or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, mainte-
nance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational pro-
grams. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under this 
title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced 
information technology program having total estimated devel-
opment costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy 
Attorney General and the investment review board certify to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate that the information technology 
program has appropriate program management controls and 
contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the pro-
gram is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the 
Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from 
the amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
title in previous years. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or 
approve a public-private competition under the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor admin-
istrative regulation, directive, or policy for work performed by 
employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison In-
dustries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or ex-
penses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or addi-
tional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his designee 
that exempt that United States Attorney from the residency 
requirements of section 545 of title 28, United States Code.
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SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and 
in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available 
(or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to 
funds appropriated by this title under the headings ‘‘Re-
search, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams’’— 
(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the 
Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement 
programs may be used by such Office to provide training 
and technical assistance; and 
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs under such headings, 
except for amounts appropriated specifically for re-
search, evaluation, or statistical programs administered 
by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged 
with funds provided to the National Institute of Justice 
and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used by them 
for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, without 
regard to the authorizations for such grant or reim-
bursement programs. 
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(R) under the 
heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’.
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SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the At-
torney General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the 
Attorney General may, with respect to funds appropriated in 
this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 
2021 through 2024 for the following programs, waive the fol-
lowing requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and 
local reentry demonstration projects under part FF of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), the requirements 
under section 2976(g)(1) of such part (34 U.S.C. 
10631(g)(1)). 
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard 
communities as authorized by section 6 of the Prison 
Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), 
the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of such Act. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 
or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under this 
Act, other than for the national instant criminal background 
check system established under section 103 of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be
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used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the 
transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 
law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual 
is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement per-
sonnel of the United States continuously monitor or control 
the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title 
I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 
note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2024, 
except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for implementa-
tion of a unified Department of Justice financial management 
system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public 
Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and any use, obli-
gation, transfer, or allocation of such funds shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated 
balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, 
United States Code, shall be available for obligation during 
fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, transfer or alloca-
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tion of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in 
this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized 
under such authorities as have been enacted for Performance 
Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts in prior fiscal years 
and the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Victims 
Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent Fund, 
and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports shall 
contain at least the same level of information and detail for 
each Fund as was provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in fiscal 
year 2023. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise sup-
port, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General issues 
a written, non-delegable determination that such training is 
medically necessary and cannot be replicated by alternatives. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Department of Justice to target or inves-
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tigate parents who peacefully protest at school board meet-
ings and are not suspected of engaging in unlawful activity. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to investigate or prosecute religious institutions 
on the basis of their religious beliefs. 
SEC. 222. Of the unobligated balances from amounts in 
the fund established by section 9006(a) of title 26, United 
States Code, $25,000,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Jus-
tice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance’’ appropriation, to remain available until expended, for 
an additional amount for grants for law enforcement activi-
ties associated with the presidential nominating conventions, 
under the same authorities and conditions as amounts made 
available in paragraph (1)(Q) under the heading ‘‘Office of 
Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance’’ in this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Pri-
orities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for 
official reception and representation expenses, and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,965,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, 
in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100– 
685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, $1,965,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Na-
tional Space Council may accept personnel support from Fed-
eral agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal 
agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without 
reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes 
provided herein.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of science research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, sup-
port, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning 
and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communica-
tions activities; program management; personnel and related 
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of aeronautics research and develop-
ment activities, including research, development, operations, 
support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility plan-
ning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and commu-
nications activities; program management; personnel and re-
lated costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and oper-
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ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $935,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of space technology research and de-
velopment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and 
communications activities; program management; personnel 
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$1,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of exploration research and develop-
ment activities, including research, development, operations, 
support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility plan-
ning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and commu-
nications activities; program management; personnel and re-
lated costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States
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Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$450,000,000 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: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year 
budget profile for an integrated system that includes the 
Space Launch System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehi-
cle, and associated ground systems that will ensure a crewed 
launch as early as possible. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of space operations research and de-
velopment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities, including operations, produc-
tion, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning 
and design; program management; personnel and related 
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
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ized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,220,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS 
ENGAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical edu-
cation research and development activities, including re-
search, development, operations, support, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mis-
sion and administrative aircraft, $143,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $26,000,000 
shall be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competi-
tive Research and $58,000,000 shall be for the National 
Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space tech-
nology, exploration, space operations and education research
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and development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and adminis-
trative aircraft, $3,129,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided, That if available balances in 
the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund’’ 
are not sufficient to provide for the grant disbursements re-
quired under the third and fourth provisos under such head-
ing in the Department of Housing and Urban Development- 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 
100–404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327), 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available from amounts made avail-
able under this heading to make such grant disbursements: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $56,673,000 shall be made available for the 
SSMS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table ti-
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tled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other pur-
pose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities in-
cluding repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification 
of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to ex-
isting facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author-
ized by law, and environmental compliance and restoration, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $250,000,000 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 Def-
icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That proceeds 
from leases deposited into this account shall be available for 
a period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
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able for obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not to 
exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross re-
ceipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected 
pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until a 
prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 20 percent by any such transfers. Any 
funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration’’ for construction activities shall not 
increase that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so 
transferred shall be merged with and available for the same
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purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to 
which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec-
tion. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under 
previous appropriations Acts that remains available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024 may be transferred 
between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall retain its original availability 
and shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided 
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the 
theme, program, project, and activity level. The spending 
plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount estab-
lished in that spending plan that meets the notification re-
quirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not
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be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is 
less, of the amounts made available in the current-year Con-
struction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration 
(CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR projects 
funded under previous years’ CECR appropriations. Use of 
current-year funds under this provision shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to $5,000,000 
shall be available to jointly fund, with an additional amount 
of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts made available in 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, ‘‘Aeronautics’’, 
‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and ‘‘Space Oper-
ations’’, projects and activities for engaging students in 
STEM and increasing STEM research capacities of univer-
sities, including Minority Serving Institutions. 
Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and Mis-
sion Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Balances so transferred shall be available until expended only 
for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) of title 51, 
United States Code, as amended by this Act, and shall re-
main available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to this 
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) under the head-
ing ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Space 
Operations’’ that were available for obligation through fiscal 
year 2018 are to remain available through fiscal year 2027 
for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 
2017 and 2018. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the 
heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration— 
Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 
2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 
years 2018 and 2019.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and au-
thorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, not to exceed $680,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for polar research and oper-
ations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agen-
cies for operational and science support and logistical and 
other related activities for the United States Antarctic pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the amounts in the preceding 
proviso, not less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Ant-
arctic Logistical Support: Provided further, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the Na-
tional Research Centers and other National Science Founda-
tion supported research facilities may be credited to this ap-
propriation.
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MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, 
facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the Na-
tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et 
seq.), including authorized travel, $234,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $234,000,000 is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathe-
matics, and engineering education and human resources pro-
grams and activities pursuant to the National Science Foun-
dation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia, $1,172,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management necessary 
in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109
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of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reim-
bursement of the Department of Homeland Security for secu-
rity guard services; $448,000,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That contracts may be entered into 
under this heading in fiscal year 2024 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities and for other services to be provided 
during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the em-
ployment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out section 
4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 
1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
$5,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
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$24,410,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the National Science 
Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such ap-
propriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the pro-
cedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days in ad-
vance of any planned divestment through transfer, decommis-
sioning, termination, or deconstruction of any NSF-owned fa-
cilities or any NSF capital assets (including land, structures, 
and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 
Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, 
including 
hire 
of 
passenger 
motor 
vehicles, 
$14,350,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph may be used to employ any individuals 
under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant 
for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reim-
burse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use 
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is 
not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Com-
mission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall 
be used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Sta-
tus of Black Men and Boys.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Informa-
tion Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 
110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; 
and up to $31,500,000 for payments to State and local en-
forcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$455,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: Provided 
further, That the Commission may take no action to imple-
ment any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorga-
nization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate have been 
notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogram-
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ming requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation 
to carry out the work of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Com-
mission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $122,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry 
out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 
1974, $560,000,000, of which $516,100,000 is for basic field 
programs and required independent audits; $5,700,000 is for 
the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as 
may be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits 
of recipients; $26,200,000 is for management and grants 
oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help and information 
technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; 
and $2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, 
That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to provide 
locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater
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than that provided by the Federal Government to Wash-
ington, DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) 
of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): 
Provided further, That the authorities provided in section 205 
of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 
of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be consid-
ered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro-
hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, 
sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and 
conditions set forth in such sections, except that all ref-
erences in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be 
deemed to refer instead to 2023 and 2024, respectively: Pro-
vided, That for the purposes of applications of such sections 
501 and 502, any requirement relating to the proportion of 
attorneys serving on the governing body of an entity pro-
viding legal assistance shall be deemed to be satisfied if at 
least 33 percent of such governing body is composed of attor-
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neys otherwise meeting the criteria established by section 
1007(c) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996f(c)), and section 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 
shall not apply. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commis-
sion as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $59,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representative 
authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and 
Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including 
transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade En-
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forcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State Justice Insti-
tute shall be considered an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement con-
tract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to ex-
isting law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application 
of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held 
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each 
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to 
which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
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penditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram-
ming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new program, 
project, or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project, or ac-
tivity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes 
or renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed 
by Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any 
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 
percent; or (8) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in 
a change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a 
court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed 
a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or
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shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility pro-
cedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to author-
ized purchases of promotional items, funds made available by 
this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manufac-
tured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its terri-
tories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item 
(1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of balances 
of appropriations at the account level. For unobligated, un-
committed balances and unobligated, committed balances the 
quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts attrib-
utable to each source year of appropriation from which the 
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but
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unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify 
amounts by the year of obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any as-
pect of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) 
due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the de-
partment or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum 
extent practicable under such accounting system and shall 
identify and describe in each quarterly report the extent to 
which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available to such department or agency: Pro-
vided, That the authority to transfer funds between appro-
priations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere 
in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That for the 
Department of Commerce, this section shall also apply to ac-
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tions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or 
grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or 
tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied 
equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by 
section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98– 
473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in excess of 
$1,353,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the 
following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from the Fund 
for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and re-
main available until expended for oversight and auditing pur-
poses associated with this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be 
available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, con-
sistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to 
Indian Tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students
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who participate in programs for which financial assistance is 
provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guard-
ians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursuant to 
a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department 
of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the National Science 
Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct 
audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are appro-
priated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on 
the progress of such audits, which may include preliminary 
findings and a description of areas of particular interest, 
within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 180 
days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit de-
scribed in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com-
pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di-
rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results of 
the audit available to the public on the Internet website main-
tained by the Department, Administration, Foundation, or
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Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made available 
in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 
5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to com-
mit identity theft or for other inappropriate or unlawful 
purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by 
amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement 
to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Ad-
ministrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying 
that no funds derived from the grant or contract will be made 
available through a subcontract or in any other manner to 
another person who has a financial interest in the person 
awarded the grant or contract. 
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth-
ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 
substantially similar to the requirements in such subsections, 
consistently apply under the executive branch ethics program 
to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
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SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact in-
formation system, as defined for security categorization in 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 
Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199, 
‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Informa-
tion and Information Systems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the informa-
tion systems against criteria developed by NIST and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acqui-
sition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact in-
formation systems within the Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant threat 
information provided by the FBI and other appropriate 
agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appro-
priate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any 
risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the 
acquisition of such system, including any risk associated 
with such system being produced, manufactured, or as-
sembled by one or more entities identified by the United
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States Government as posing a cyber threat, including 
but not limited to, those that may be owned, directed, 
or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China, the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Repub-
lic of Korea, or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-im-
pact or moderate-impact information system reviewed and as-
sessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing 
entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, 
and supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the 
FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate and the agency Inspector General. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act 
shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the 
use of torture by any official or contract employee of the 
United States Government.
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SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral 
trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to authorize or issue a national security letter 
in contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national security let-
ters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Elec-
tronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit 
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA PA-
TRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws 
amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the De-
partments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, or the National Science Founda-
tion totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to 
believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 per-
cent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform
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the respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Sec-
retary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writ-
ing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: the 
date on which such determination was made; a statement of 
the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed 
to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; 
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and 
the degree to which such changes have contributed to the in-
crease in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a state-
ment validating that the project’s management structure is 
adequate to control total project or procurement costs. 
SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 
year 2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a con-
tract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a 
grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding
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the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and 
belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax re-
turns required during the three years preceding the certifi-
cation, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 
days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Fed-
eral tax assessment for which the liability remains 
unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an install-
ment agreement or offer in compromise that has been ap-
proved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, 
or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous adminis-
trative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby 
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, 
from the following accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration—Eco-
nomic Development Assistance Programs’’, $35,000,000, 
only from prior year appropriations; 
(2) ‘‘Census Working Capital Fund’’, $10,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology—Working Capital Fund’’, $10,000,000; 
(4) 
‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses 
Fund’’, 
$12,440,000,000, only from amounts appropriated by
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section 101(e) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 
(Public Law 118–5); and 
(5) ‘‘Departmental Management—Working Capital 
Fund’’, $10,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available to the Department of Justice, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later 
than September 30, 2024, from the following accounts in the 
specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $367,700,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Prison System—Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $19,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities— 
Office on Violence Against Women—Violence Against 
Women 
Prevention 
and 
Prosecution 
Programs’’, 
$5,000,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities— 
Office of Justice Programs’’, $120,000,000; and 
(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities— 
Community Oriented Policing Services’’, $15,000,000. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts—
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(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $131,572,000; and 
(2) ‘‘Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$500,000,000. 
(d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report no later than Sep-
tember 1, 2024, specifying the amount of each rescission 
made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). 
(e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and 
(c) shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pur-
suant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) 
and (c) shall not be from— 
(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of 
paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs— 
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II 
of division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 
117–328; or 
(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under 
the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties—Community Oriented Policing Services—Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of
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division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 117– 
328. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of 
more than 50 employees from a Federal department or agen-
cy, who are stationed in the United States, at any single con-
ference occurring outside the United States unless— 
(1) such conference is a law enforcement training or 
operational conference for law enforcement personnel 
and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are 
law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United 
States; or 
(2) such conference is a scientific conference and 
the department or agency head determines that such at-
tendance is in the national interest and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within at least 15 days of 
that determination and the basis for that determination. 
SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States receiving funds appropriated
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under this Act to track undisbursed balances in expired grant 
accounts and include in its annual performance plan and per-
formance and accountability reports the following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed 
balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or in-
strumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired 
grant accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of 
the United States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the 
total number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed 
balances (on the first day of each fiscal year) for the de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality and the total fi-
nances that have not been obligated to a specific project 
remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made avail-
able in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that 
are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy 
Management Program’’ designation. 
SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration (NASA), the Office of Science and Technology
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Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council (NSC) to de-
velop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bi-
lateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to par-
ticipate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with 
China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities 
are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, 
after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of tech-
nology, data, or other information with national security 
or economic security implications to China or a Chinese- 
owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with offi-
cials who have been determined by the United States to 
have direct involvement with violations of human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity
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in question and shall include a description of the purpose of 
the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and its loca-
tion and timing. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and ex-
changing of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal inves-
tigations, 
prosecution, 
adjudication, 
or 
other 
law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Inter-
national Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, 
the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and 
Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representa-
tive, the National Space Council, and the State Justice Insti-
tute shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de-
partment or agency head, 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.
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SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 
for contractor performance that has been judged to be below 
satisfactory performance or for performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legitimacy 
of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of Justice or 
the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect 
to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Geor-
gia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Da-
kota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, 
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to pre-
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vent any of them from implementing their own laws that au-
thorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana. 
SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
employee of such Department or agency, including the pur-
pose of such travel. 
SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, re-
spectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants 
authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 
of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
mates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos-
session of the United States.
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SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be ex-
pended or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States to pay administrative expenses or 
to compensate an officer or employee of the United States in 
connection with requiring an export license for the export to 
Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for 
firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code 
of Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms 
Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) 
with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any trans-
action, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) of this 
section are met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export li-
cense— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re-
quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under the 
laws of the United States to possess, ship, transport, or 
export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and components 
and parts for such firearms, other than for end use
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by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed 
in Category I, other than for end use by the Fed-
eral Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Gov-
ernment of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to another 
foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc-
tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 
or temporary export without a license of any unclassified arti-
cles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Can-
ada or return to the United States, or temporary import of 
Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United 
States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under this 
section on a temporary basis if the President determines, 
upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the Gov-
ernment of Canada has implemented or maintained inad-
equate import controls for the articles specified in subsection 
(a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has and 
continues to take place for use in international terrorism or 
in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The Presi-
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dent shall terminate the requirements of a license when rea-
sons for the temporary requirements have ceased. 
SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to 
pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any offi-
cer or employee of the United States to deny any application 
submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified 
pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit 
to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, 
parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to 
deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of 
any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the 
proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such model 
of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied 
by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on 
the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable 
for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade
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Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 
for the Treaty. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to trans-
fer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 
Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of 
the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any indi-
vidual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—
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(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective con-
trol of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of 
funds as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made avail-
able to ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Representative— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in section 540(a) of division B of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursu-
ant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 
30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, and shall be 
available for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as 
may be available for such purposes, and under the same au-
thorities for which the funds were provided in Public Law 
116–113, except that all references to ‘‘2023’’ under such 
heading in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer in-
stead to ‘‘2026’’. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available to ‘‘Office
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of the United States Trade Representative—Trade Enforce-
ment Trust Fund’’ in section 540(b) of division B of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new budg-
et authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to 
this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 
2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, and shall be avail-
able for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may 
be available for such purposes, and under the same authori-
ties for which the funds were provided in Public Law 116– 
113, except that the reference to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading 
in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead to 
‘‘2026’’. 
(c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on 
June 8, 2022, are designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
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(d) Each amount provided by this section 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. 
SEC. 541. Funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act and any 
remaining unobligated balances of funds made available to 
the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice 
in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from 
amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Justice—Legal Activities—Fees and Expenses of Witnesses’’, 
shall be available to provide payments pursuant to section 
901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, 
That payments made pursuant to the matter preceding this 
proviso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the Department of 
Commerce and $10,000,000 for the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 542. Notwithstanding title II of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), up to 0.7 percent of amounts made available to the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Administration 
by such Act shall be available for salaries and expenses, ad-
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ministration, and oversight of programs administered by such 
Administration that received appropriations by such Act, in 
addition to amounts previously made available for such pur-
pose: Provided, That all such amounts shall be available 
across such programs and shall be available for salaries and 
expenses, administration, and oversight of the Connecting Mi-
nority Communities Pilot Program (as authorized by section 
902 of division N of Public Law 116–260) and of the 
Broadband Connectivity Infrastructure Program (as author-
ized by section 905(d) of division N of Public Law 116–260), 
regardless of the heading under which such amounts were ap-
propriated: Provided further, That such amounts may be 
transferred between the appropriate accounts to carry out 
this section, in addition to authorities included elsewhere in 
such Act: Provided further, That this section shall not reduce 
the total allocation for any State under Program Notices of 
Available Amounts dated June 30, 2023: Provided further, 
That amounts transferred pursuant to this section may be 
obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of the planned use of funds: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the Budget are designated as an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 
2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center or the 
ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, Virginia, to 
another location. 
SEC. 544. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subparagraph (F)’’ 
after ‘‘(a)(8)’’. 
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 545. Section 107(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘total costs of the projects described in 
the application submitted’’ and inserting in its place ‘‘total 
project cost. In general, this project match requirement may 
be satisfied by contributions or expenditures committed to
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improve victim support services that promote victim recovery 
and reintegration into society, provided that these contribu-
tions and expenditures are consistent with applicable grant 
requirements and approved project scope’’. 
SEC. 546. (a)(1)(A) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 
2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) 
of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117– 
167), including the transfer authority in such paragraphs of 
that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities speci-
fied, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Allocation 
of National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), and pursuant to the direction included 
in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
(B) Not later than October 15, 2024, and notwith-
standing subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall allocate from the amounts made available from 
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors 
(CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act
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of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167), including the 
transfer authority in such paragraphs of that section of that 
Act, to the account specified, in the amount specified, and for 
the project and activity specified, in the table titled ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and 
pursuant to the direction included in the classified annex ac-
companying this Act. 
(C) Not later than October 15, 2025, and notwith-
standing subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall allocate from the amounts made available from 
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors 
(CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act 
of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167), including the 
transfer authority in such paragraphs of that section of that 
Act, to the accounts specified, in the amounts not to exceed 
that specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in 
the table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Allocation of Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS 
Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of
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this consolidated Act), and pursuant to the direction included 
in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts 
made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Workforce 
and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 
102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public 
Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the amounts spec-
ified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table 
titled ‘‘National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate 
any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year 
under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or 
under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is in effect an 
Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal 
year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the 
matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the alloca-
tion, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing 
administration of programs allocated funds from the CHIPS 
for America Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts
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that are no more than the allocation for such purposes in 
subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and subject 
to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds 
allocated to Industrial Technology Services for section 
9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection (a)(1) of this 
section; and 
(2) the Director of the National Science Foundation 
may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for Amer-
ica Workforce and Education Fund by subsection (a)(2) 
of this section. 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Commerce 
and the Director of the National Science Foundation, as ap-
propriate, shall each submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate pro-
posed allocations by account and by program, project, or ac-
tivity, with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
under section 102(a)(2) and section 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025. 
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National 
Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances 
of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of 
this section, and section 543(a)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 117–328, the status of balances of projects and activi-
ties funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to section 543 (a)(2) 
of division B of Public Law 117–328, and the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section and sec-
tion 543(a)(3) of division B of Public Law 117–328, includ-
ing all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP-
MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions 
of the Department of the Army pertaining to river and har-
bor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 
collection and study of basic information pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protec-
tion, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of 
proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduc-
tion, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration 
projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy 
of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, 
and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies,
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and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, 
$142,990,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once 
the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations avail-
able under this heading, $11,413,000 is rescinded: Provided 
further, 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 budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and 
harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized 
by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and speci-
fications, of such projects (including those involving participa-
tion by States, local governments, or private groups) author-
ized or made eligible for selection by law (but such detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a 
commitment 
of 
the 
Government 
to 
construction); 
$1,854,688,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$114,775,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance
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Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of construc-
tion costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal 
Facilities program; and of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover 35 percent of the costs of construction, replacement, 
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropria-
tions available under this heading, $9,678,000 is rescinded: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the unobligated 
balances from amounts made available under this heading in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) for which spend plan allocations have 
not been announced as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
$1,434,500,000 shall be used, regardless of project purpose 
and in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such 
purposes, for projects specified in the table titled ‘‘Corps of 
Engineers—Construction’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), and, when combined with the amounts 
made available in the matter preceding the first proviso under
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this heading, shall not in total exceed the amount for any 
project as specified in such table: Provided further, That 
projects receiving funds pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of division J of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
directly to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a work plan that includes the amount that each 
project specified in the table titled ‘‘Corps of Engineers— 
Construction’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) will receive from amounts made available in the matter 
preceding the first proviso under this heading and from 
amounts repurposed pursuant to the third proviso under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not devi-
ate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this 
heading that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
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fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 
2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 
valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, 
$368,037,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$6,057,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work 
plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropria-
tions available under this heading, $1,110,000 is rescinded: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
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age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; providing security for infrastruc-
ture owned or operated by the Corps, including administra-
tive buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels 
provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that 
serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where 
authorized by law; surveying and charting northern and 
northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and 
straightening channels; and removing obstructions to naviga-
tion, $5,552,816,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $2,650,168,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main-
tenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operations and maintenance costs for coastal harbors 
and channels, and for inland harbors; of which such sums as 
become available from the special account for the Corps of 
Engineers established by the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for re-
source protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance 
activities related to resource protection in the areas at which 
outdoor recreation is available; of which such sums as become 
available from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected; and of which 
$58,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the
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Treasury, shall be to carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 
of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 
2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be designated as being for 
such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of 
division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-
curity Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 1 percent 
of the total amount of funds provided for each of the pro-
grams, projects, or activities funded under this heading shall 
not be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the be-
ginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to 
be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engi-
neers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining 
funds which have not been used for emergency activities pro-
portionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the 
programs, projects, or activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of the unob-
ligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $30,000 is rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
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pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$221,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from 
sites in the United States resulting from work performed as 
part of the Nation’s early atomic energy program, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 
and other natural disasters and support emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such disas-
ters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters 
of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division En-
gineers; and for costs of management and operation of the 
Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute 
for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Re-
search and Development Center, and the United States Army
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Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil 
works program, $216,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation purposes and only 
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation provided in this title shall be available to 
fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of 
Engineers or the civil works executive direction and manage-
ment activities of the division offices: Provided further, That 
any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general administra-
tion of emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in 
response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR 
CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the report required under section 101(d) of this 
Act and a work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the 
additional funding provided under each heading in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
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ceding division A of this consolidated Act), to specific pro-
grams, projects, or activities: Provided further, That not more 
than 90 percent of such amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for obligation until the Assistant 
Secretary provides in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress recommendations for 
the appropriate level of design during feasibility studies, the 
appropriate level of preconstruction engineering and design 
required before a construction new start, and how cost esti-
mate classifications may best be adjusted for changing envi-
ronments. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $2,200,000, to remain 
available until expended, for safety projects to maintain, up-
grade, and repair dams identified in the National Inventory 
of Dams with a primary owner type of state, local govern-
ment, public utility, or private: Provided, That no project may 
be funded with amounts provided under this heading for a 
dam that is identified as jointly owned in the National Inven-
tory of Dams and where one of those joint owners is the Fed-
eral Government: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act shall also be available for
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projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees 
and ancillary features with a primary owner type of state, 
municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity: Pro-
vided further, That no project may be funded with amounts 
provided under this heading for a levee unless the Secretary 
has certified in advance, in writing, that the levee is not 
owned, in whole or in part, by the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, 
and total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$440,000,000: Provided further, That the use of direct loans 
or loan guarantee authority under this heading for direct 
loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any project 
shall be in accordance with the criteria published in the Fed-
eral Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to 
the fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ in division D of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116–94): Provided further, That none of the direct loans 
or loan guarantee authority made available under this head-
ing shall be available for any project unless the Secretary and
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the Director of the Office of Management and Budget have 
certified in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan 
guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the cri-
teria referenced in the previous proviso: Provided further, 
That any references to the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria referenced in the 
previous two provisos shall be deemed to be references to the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army, re-
spectively, for purposes of the direct loans or loan guarantee 
authority made available under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of carrying out the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budg-
et Office may request, and the Secretary shall promptly pro-
vide, documentation and information relating to a project 
identified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Secretary 
pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 
for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Act Program, including with respect to a 
project that was initiated or completed before the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to 
sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this ac-
count, to remain available until expended.