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$50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and information tech-
nology projects, including cybersecurity and hardening of critical 
networks, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, 
not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be avail-
able to the Criminal Division for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation 
activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer 
such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ 
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 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 elec-
tion 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 expenses: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading for the election moni-
toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any funds provided under this heading in 
prior year appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-
tion 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 positions. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National 
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $31,738,000, to be appro-
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $225,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection (and 
estimated to be $190,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023,
H. R. 2617—66 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $35,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $2,632,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided 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. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
as authorized, $255,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
of discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee 
System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available 
in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections 
pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited 
by section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
to the extent that fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary 
offsetting collections in fiscal year 2023, net of amounts necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $255,000,000, those excess 
amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
(1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2023, net of amounts 
necessary to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated at $269,000,000) 
and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund appropria-
tions can be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discre-
tionary offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 
otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 
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 contracts 
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, 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 pro-
tected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 
and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase,
H. R. 2617—67 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommuni-
cations equipment and a secure automated information network 
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected wit-
nesses: Provided, That amounts made available 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, 
$25,024,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General 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 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. 
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. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,705,000,000, 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. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized 
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and 
related support, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in 
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized 
by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,129,789,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and 
local law enforcement 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 
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.
H. R. 2617—68 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
National Security Division, $133,512,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities 
of the National Security Division, 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 compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include 
inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforce-
ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 
individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug 
trafficking, $550,458,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the 
United States, $10,676,000,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$284,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-
niture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by pur-
chase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, 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; 
$651,895,000, to remain available until expended.
H. R. 2617—69 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 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, 
$2,563,116,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
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 consortia thereof for expenses 
incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 
with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and 
extraction operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and proc-
essing 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, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $1,672,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of 
attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United 
States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain 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 disabilities under section 925(c) 
of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed 
by corporations for relief 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 transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies 
or Departments. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses related to construction of laboratory 
facilities, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and informa-
tion technology requirements; construction or acquisition of 
buildings, facilities, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; conversion, modification and extension of federally
H. R. 2617—70 
owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 assist-
ance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $8,392,588,000: Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 
shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First 
Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 
2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—Research, Evaluation and Statis-
tics’’ for the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations 
of programs and activities related 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 necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for medical 
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 
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 pay-
able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish 
health services to individuals committed to the custody of the Fed-
eral 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 further, That, 
of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make pay-
ments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agree-
ments, 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 has operated such program in the 
past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity fur-
nishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison System 
relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, 
or other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $108,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
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 author-
ized 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 without 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 corpora-
tion. 
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 administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to 
be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-
scribed 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 expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in 
which it has an interest. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance 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 (commonly 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 Violence 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 (Public Law 
113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act 
of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); and the Abolish 
Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 115–392); and the Violence 
Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of
H. R. 2617—72 
Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims serv-
ices, $700,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent 
of funds made available under this heading may be used for 
expenses related to evaluation, 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 author-
ized 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 apply to fiscal year 2023 grants funded by 
amounts provided in this paragraph; 
(2) $50,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants 
for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or 
sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 
Act; 
(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice 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 administration by the Office of Justice Pro-
grams; 
(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; assist-
ance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs 
to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and 
assistance to middle and high school students through edu-
cation 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 author-
ized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 
Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available 
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 authorized 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 criminal justice 
response as authorized by part U of title I the 1968 Act, 
of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initiative; up 
to $4,000,000 is for a domestic violence lethality reduction 
initiative; $8,000,000 is for an initiative to promote effective 
policing and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluation of 
the effectiveness of funded interventions (‘‘Policing and Prosecu-
tion Initiative’’); and $1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance 
prosecution and investigation of online abuse and harassment 
(‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse Initiative’’): 
Provided, That subsections (c) and (d) of section 2101 of the
H. R. 2617—73 
1968 Act shall not apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initia-
tive or the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse Initia-
tive; 
(6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
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 section 304 of 
the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 
and Tribal colleges and universities; 
(9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as author-
ized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services 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 available 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 disabilities, as 
authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act; 
(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center 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 violence 
against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 
of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 
to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by 
the Office of Justice Programs; 
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 
training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual 
assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women; 
(16) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal Govern-
ments in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, as 
authorized by section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act: Pro-
vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 
1994 Act shall apply to grants made; 
(17) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the 
2015 Act; 
(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to support restora-
tive justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluations of those 
responses: 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 vic-
tims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act; 
(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-designa-
tion of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant United 
States Attorneys: Provided, That the definitions and grant 
conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to 
this initiative;
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(21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support victims 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 initiative; 
(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to 
provide remote services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That 
the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
1994 Act shall apply to this service line; 
(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services 
to underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of 
the 2005 Act; 
(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial 
assistance to victims, including evaluation of the effectiveness 
of funded projects: Provided, That the definitions and grant 
conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to 
this initiative; 
(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered 
training for law enforcement, and related research and evalua-
tion activities, as authorized by section 41701 of the 1994 
Act; and 
(26) $1,500,000 is for a pilot program to improve victim 
services on college campuses. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance 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 Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); 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 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 
Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive 
Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the 
First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other programs, 
$77,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which—
H. R. 2617—75 
(1) $42,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 
and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 
1968 Act; and 
(2) $35,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 
programs, and other activities as authorized 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 $7,500,000 is for research targeted 
toward developing a better understanding of the domestic 
radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based 
strategies for effective intervention and prevention; $1,000,000 
is for research to study the root causes of school violence 
to include the impact and effectiveness of grants made under 
the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S 
of Public Law 115–141); $1,000,000 is for research on violence 
against American Indians and Alaska Natives or otherwise 
affecting indigenous communities, in connection with extractive 
industry activities; $1,000,000 is for research on gun violence 
prevention; $1,000,000 is for surveys on the campus sexual 
assault climate; $1,200,000 is for a study on certain school- 
based crimes; and $1,000,000 is for a study on law enforcement 
and community agency responses to opioid overdoses. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance 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 Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); 
the Violence 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 110–180); 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 Reauthorization 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 Comprehensive 
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 (division Q of Public Law 115– 
141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe 
Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the 
Keep Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act
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of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP 
School Violence 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 SUP-
PORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); 
the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
391); the Matthew Shepard 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, $2,416,805,000, to remain 
available until expended as follows— 
(1) $770,805,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 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, notwithstanding such subpart 1— 
(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III 
memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law 
Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Surviv-
ability (VALOR); 
(B) $3,500,000 is for the operation, maintenance, and 
expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Per-
sons System; 
(C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for State and 
local law enforcement to provide officer training on 
responding to individuals with mental illness or disabilities; 
(D) $5,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assist-
ance 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 Pro-
gram (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by Kevin 
and Avonte’s Law; 
(G) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–185); 
(H) $13,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation Improve-
ment Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public 
Law 108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 
(I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on restorative 
justice; 
(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti Alert 
Communications Network as authorized under the Ashanti 
Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–401); 
(K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate and 
support family-based alternative sentencing programs; 
(L) $2,000,000 is for a grant program to support child 
advocacy training in post-secondary education; 
(M) $8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative, 
including assistance for law enforcement;
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(N) $6,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 
(Public Law 116–277); 
(O) $4,000,000 is for a drug data research center to 
combat opioid abuse; 
(P) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited institutions 
of higher education to support forensic ballistics programs; 
(Q) $229,551,000 is for discretionary grants to improve 
the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent 
or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of 
crime (other than compensation), which shall be used for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the 
heading, ‘‘Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/ 
Byrne Discretionary Grants’’, in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such amounts 
may not be transferred for any other purpose; 
(R) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under 
section 1506 of the 2022 Act; 
(S) $5,000,000 is for a program to improve virtual 
training for law enforcement; and 
(T) $7,000,000 is for programs for cybercrime enforce-
ment, as authorized by sections 1401 and 1402 of the 
2022 Act; 
(2) $234,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
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) $95,000,000 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 author-
ized under Public Law 113–4; 
(4) $13,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address 
economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime, 
including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110– 
403, of which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual prop-
erty enforcement grants including as authorized by section 
401, and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Inter-
net of Things device capabilities and to build and execute 
training modules for law enforcement; 
(5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, 
as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities; 
(6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Part-
nership Grant Program, as authorized by section 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 evaluation programs; 
(7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
Website; 
(8) $95,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 
shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS
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Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180) 
and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 
(9) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 
Act; 
(10) $170,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs 
and activities, of which— 
(A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 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 available under this paragraph may be 
used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and 
Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, 
and Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, section 
303); 
(B) $20,000,000 for other local, State, and Federal 
forensic activities; 
(C) $15,000,000 is for the purposes described in the 
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Pro-
gram (Public Law 108–405, section 412); and 
(D) $5,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
Program grants, including as authorized by section 304 
of Public Law 108–405; 
(11) $55,000,000 for community-based grant programs to 
improve the response to sexual assault, including assistance 
for investigation and prosecution of related cold cases; 
(12) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act; 
(13) $60,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes; 
(14) $125,000,000 for offender reentry programs and 
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–199) and by the Second Chance Reauthoriza-
tion 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 supervision efforts and 
strategies; 
(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated parents 
demonstration programs to enhance and maintain parental 
and family relationships for incarcerated parents as a 
reentry or recidivism reduction strategy; 
(C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites 
employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 
Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanc-
tions in probation, of which no less than $500,000 shall 
be used for a project that provides training, technical assist-
ance, and best practices; and 
(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis sta-
bilization and community reentry, as authorized by the 
Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020 
(Public Law 116–281): 
Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in 
this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards 
for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall
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be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent 
Supportive Housing Model and reentry housing; 
(15) $445,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction 
activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the fol-
lowing programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant, and 
substance use disorders consistent with underlying program 
authorities, of which— 
(A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized by 
section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(B) $45,000,000 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) $45,000,000 is for grants for Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by 
part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts pro-
gram; 
(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor prescrip-
tion drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and 
(F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, stimu-
lant, and substance use disorder program; 
(16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized 
by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act; 
(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) $3,500,000 for grants to State and local law enforce-
ment agencies for the expenses associated with the investiga-
tion and prosecution of criminal offenses involving civil rights, 
authorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes 
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 
(19) $25,000,000 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) $10,000,000 for grants to support community-based 
approaches to advancing justice and reconciliation, facilitating 
dialogue between all parties, building local capacity, de-esca-
lating community tensions, and preventing hate crimes through 
conflict resolution and community empowerment and education; 
(21) $10,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara- 
Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); and 
(22) $120,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-commu-
nity relations, of which $35,000,000 is for a competitive 
matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras 
for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; $35,000,000 is 
for a justice reinvestment initiative, for activities related to 
criminal 
justice 
reform 
and 
recidivism 
reduction; 
and 
$50,000,000 is for a community violence intervention and 
prevention initiative: 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the 
funds made available under this heading to increase the number
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of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve 
a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform 
non-administrative public sector safety service: Provided further, 
That in the spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of 
this Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and explic-
itly identify all changes in the administration of competitive grant 
programs for fiscal year 2023, including changes to applicant eligi-
bility, priority areas or weightings, and the application review 
process. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public 
Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); 
the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); the Missing Children’s Assistance 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) (‘‘the 1984 
Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 
(Public Law 114–198); and other juvenile justice programs, 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows— 
(1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 
of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance 
to assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 
process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
grant program to support emergency planning among State, 
local, and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities; 
(2) $107,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(3) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which, pursu-
ant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act— 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent trafficking 
of girls; 
(B) $17,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program; 
(C) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site providing 
information and resources on children of incarcerated par-
ents; 
(D) $5,500,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing 
on girls in the juvenile justice system; 
(E) $12,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating to 
youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance use 
disorder; 
(F) $10,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating to 
children exposed to violence; and 
(G) $2,000,000 shall be for grants to protect vulnerable 
and at-risk youth;
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(4) $41,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
(5) $105,000,000 for missing and exploited children pro-
grams, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) 
of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO-
TECT 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: Provided 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 pro-
visos 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 amounts for adminis-
trative costs), to remain available until expended; and $34,800,000 
for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for 
educational assistance authorized 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 Benefits’’ from 
available appropriations 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 compliance 
with the procedures 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 Department of Justice Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Amer-
ican Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–37); 
the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public 
Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the SUPPORT for Patients
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and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); and the Supporting 
and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) 
(‘‘the STOIC Act’’), $662,880,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any balances made available through 
prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with 
section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading— 
(1) $324,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title 
I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring 
of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q 
of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding 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 enforcement, including hiring, equip-
ment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti- 
opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional 
information 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: Provided 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 para-
graph, $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, mental 
health program activities, and other support services as author-
ized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this para-
graph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model of tech-
nical 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, laboratories, and labora-
tory dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes to 
locate or investigate illicit activities, including precursor diver-
sion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; 
(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide 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 activities, 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 administered 
by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for pur-
poses authorized under the STOP School Violence Act (title 
V of division S of Public Law 115–141);
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(6) $45,000,000 is for community policing development 
activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 
Act (34 U.S.C. 10381); and 
(7) $177,880,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and 
interoperable communications program, and related law 
enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be used 
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the 
heading, ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services, Technology 
and Equipment Community Projects/ COPS Law Enforcement 
Technology and Equipment’’, in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 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). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a 
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment 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 prohibi-
tion be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, 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 facilitate 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 receive such service out-
side 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 appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 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(Q) under the heading ‘‘State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 
(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
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States Marshals Service for the purpose of transporting an indi-
vidual 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 television services, 
or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment 
used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, 
or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for 
inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
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 development costs in 
excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and 
the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
the information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, 
and that the program 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 Management and 
Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional 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. 
SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or author-
ized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated 
by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statis-
tics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile 
Justice Programs’’— 
(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 assist-
ance; and 
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 
amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
statistical programs administered by the National Institute 
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds provided to the National
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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 
reimbursement programs. 
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(Q) under the 
heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’. 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney 
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 2020 through 2023 
for the following programs, waive the following 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 commu-
nities 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 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 personnel of the United States 
continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in 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 during fiscal year 2023, except up to $12,000,000 
may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of 
Justice financial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances trans-
ferred 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 2023, and any use, obligation, 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 2023, and any 
use, obligation, transfer or allocation 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 authori-
ties as have been enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in 
appropriations acts in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal 
year.
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SEC. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate in fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 219. Section 3201 of Public Law 101–647, as amended 
(28 U.S.C. 509 note), is hereby amended: (1) by striking ‘‘or the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 
Prison System, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-
sives, or the United States Marshals Service’’; and (2) by striking 
‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, 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. 221. (a) DESIGNATION.—The facilities of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Richard Shelby Center for Innovation 
and Advanced Training’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facili-
ties of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Redstone Arsenal 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Richard Shelby Center for Innovation and Advanced 
Training’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’. 
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 National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 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 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 car-
rying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100–685 and Execu-
tive 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 reception and representation expenses, 
$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel support 
from Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal 
agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without
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reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes provided 
herein. 
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, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; 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, $7,795,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$935,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space technology research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 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 expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That $227,000,000 shall be for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, 
and Manufacturing 1: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall 
be for the development, production, and demonstration of a nuclear 
thermal propulsion system, of which not less than $45,000,000 
shall be for reactor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall 
be for fuel materials development, and not less than $20,000,000 
shall be for non-nuclear systems development and acquisition plan-
ning: Provided further, That, not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration shall provide a plan for the design of a flight demonstration.
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EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; 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, $7,468,850,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not less than 
$1,338,700,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: 
Provided further, That not less than $2,600,000,000 shall be for 
the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have 
a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which shall 
have core elements and an Exploration Upper Stage developed 
simultaneously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, 
including for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, not less than 
$600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B development including 
the Exploration Upper Stage and associated systems including 
related facilitization, to support an SLS Block 1B mission available 
to launch in 2025 in addition to the planned Block 1 missions 
for Artemis I through Artemis III: Provided further, That 
$799,150,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems and associ-
ated Block 1B activities, including up to $281,350,000 for a second 
mobile launch platform: Provided further, That the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations 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 SLS, the Orion 
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that 
will ensure a crewed launch as early as possible, as well as a 
system-based funding profile for a sustained launch cadence that 
contemplates the use of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an 
8.4 meter fairing and associated ground systems: Provided further, 
That $2,600,300,000 shall be for Artemis Campaign Development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space operations research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support and 
services; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activi-
ties, including operations, production, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; 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, $4,250,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024.
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS 
ENGAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education 
research and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; 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; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $143,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which $26,000,000 shall 
be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive 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 technology, explo-
ration, space operations and education research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 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 expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$3,129,451,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That if available balances in the ‘‘Science, Space, and Tech-
nology Education Trust Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for 
the grant disbursements required under the third and fourth pro-
visos under such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development-Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 
1989 
(Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs 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 available under 
this heading to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, 
That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $30,701,000 
shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table under the heading ‘‘NASA Community Projects/NASA 
Special Projects’’ in the explanatory 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 purpose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or
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condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environ-
mental compliance and restoration, $47,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, 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 appropria-
tions Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds referred to in 
the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal 
year 2023 in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, 
That each annual budget request shall include an annual estimate 
of gross receipts 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 General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
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 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction activities shall 
not increase that account by more than 50 percent and any funds 
transferred to or within ‘‘Exploration’’ for Exploration Ground Sys-
tems shall not increase Exploration Ground Systems by more than 
$49,300,000. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same 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 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous 
appropriations Acts that remains available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2023 may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except 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 section 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 established in that 
spending plan that meets the notification requirements of section 
505 of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section
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505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance 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 Construction 
and Environmental Compliance and Restoration (CECR) appropria-
tion may be applied to CECR projects funded under previous years’ 
CECR appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this provi-
sion 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 universities, including 
Minority Serving Institutions. 
Section 30102(b) of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
by: 
(1) Redesignating existing paragraph (3) to (4); and 
(2) Inserting, after paragraph (2), the following: 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MODERNIZATION.—The 
fund shall also be available for the purpose of funding IT 
Modernization activities, as described in section 1077(b)(3)(A)– 
(E) of Public Law 115–91, on a non-reimbursable basis.’’. 
Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the current fiscal 
year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and Mission Services’’ 
may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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 remain 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 obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
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 authorized travel; $7,021,136,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, of which not to exceed 
$640,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar 
research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical 
and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program: 
Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National
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Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including author-
ized travel, $187,230,000, to remain available until expended. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, 
and engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $1,154,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
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 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland 
Security for security guard services; $448,000,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That contracts may be entered into 
under this heading in fiscal year 2023 for maintenance and oper-
ation 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, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion 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 General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $23,393,000, of 
which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
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. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned 
divestment through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or 
deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital 
assets (including land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 
States a fund to be known as the ‘‘National Science Foundation 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund). Unobligated balances 
of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to 
the National Science Foundation by this or any other Act may 
be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited 
in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition 
to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for 
information and business technology system modernization and 
facilities infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring 
maintenance, necessary for the operation of the Foundation or 
its funded research facilities, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated 
only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of the planned use of funds. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2023’’. 
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 reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 
with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable
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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 Commission 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 Status of Black Men and Boys. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
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 Information 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 section 
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 enforcement agencies for authorized 
services to the Commission, $455,000,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available 
funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement 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 reprogramming require-
ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 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 Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$122,400,000, 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
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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 
than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, 
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 Corporation: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be considered 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 prohibited 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 references in sections 502 and 503 to 
1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2022 and 2023, 
respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission 
as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection 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 consultants as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $61,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available 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 author-
ized 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 Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act.
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as author-
ized 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, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, 
the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 contract, pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing 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 expenditure in fiscal 
year 2023, 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 reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates 
or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes 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,
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projects, or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House 
and Senate Committees 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 inscription with 
the same meaning, to any product sold in or 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 procedures described in sections 9.400 
through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act 
shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, 
or assembled in the United States, its territories 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 Justice, the 
National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
report on the status of balances of appropriations at the account 
level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation from 
which the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, 
but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify 
amounts by the year of obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 
within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect 
of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a 
limitation of a current accounting system, the department 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, personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer 
funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section 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 procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That for the Department of Com-
merce, this section shall also apply to actions 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 tobacco prod-
ucts, 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.
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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 $1,900,000,000 shall not be available 
for obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing 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 remain 
available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associ-
ated with this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to 
the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent 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 Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or 
denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate 
in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those 
funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics 
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 appropriated 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 described 
in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Sec-
retary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, 
as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to 
the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 
Administration, Foundation, or 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 individual, the 
public access to which could be used to commit 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 Administrator, 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 consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that 
a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to
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the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under 
the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, 
agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information 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 
Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions 
for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems 
within the Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
awardee against available and relevant threat information pro-
vided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Fed-
eral 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 assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United 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 
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic 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-impact or moderate- 
impact information system reviewed and assessed 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 national 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. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agree-
ment the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singa-
pore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Aus-
tralia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco 
Free Trade Agreement.
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SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contraven-
tion of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 
Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Pri-
vacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National 
Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act 
of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the program 
manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments 
of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more 
than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total 
program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program 
manager shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, 
Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or 
Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 30 days in writing 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 
increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates 
of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement 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 2023 until the enactment 
of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in 
an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess 
of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies 
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, 
to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee 
has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 
preceding the certification, 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 
Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, 
unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement 
or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the 
subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund’’ established in section 111(a) of division B of Public 
Law 116–93, $50,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not 
later than September 30, 2023.
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(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available to the Department of Commerce under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Development Administration, Economic Development Assist-
ance Programs’’, $10,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, 
not later than September 30, 2023. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are 
hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2023, 
from the following accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Preven-
tion and Prosecution Programs’’, $15,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
of Justice Programs’’, $75,000,000; and 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services’’, $15,000,000. 
(d) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, 
not later than September 30, 2023, from the following accounts 
in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $705,768,000; and 
(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $500,000,000. 
(e) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2023, 
specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to sub-
sections (a), (b), (c) and (d). 
(f) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) 
shall not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(g) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) shall not be from— 
(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph 
(1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 
103; or 
(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the 
heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing 
Services Programs’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 
117–103. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-
travention 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 agency, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single conference occurring 
outside the United States unless— 
(1) such conference is a law enforcement training or oper-
ational conference for law enforcement personnel and the 
majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforce-
ment personnel stationed outside the United States; or
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(2) such conference is a scientific conference and the depart-
ment or agency head determines that such attendance is in 
the national interest and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives 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 instrumentality of the 
United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in 
its annual performance plan and performance and accountability 
reports the following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumen-
tality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired 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 department, agency, 
or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made available 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 Administration 
(NASA), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), or 
the National Space Council (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promul-
gate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or 
contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally 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 consulta-
tion with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, 
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 officials 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 sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and
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shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 
its major participants, and its location 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 exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assist-
ance-related activity. 
SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade 
Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal 
Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the 
United States Trade Representative, the National Space Council, 
and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed 
by the respective department or agency head, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 
performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-
ance 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 Adminis-
tration. 
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, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wis-
consin, 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 prevent any of 
them from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 
distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana. 
SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, and the National Science 
Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department 
or agency, including the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not 
less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively,
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for Public Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Eco-
nomic 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 Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or 
possession of the United States. 
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 expended or obligated 
by a department, agency, or instrumentality 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, acces-
sories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 
121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on 
April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale 
in any transaction, 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 license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s 
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumer-
ated 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 by the Federal 
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal 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 Federal Government, or 
a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 
destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary 
export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in 
subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada 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 Government of Canada has 
implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the arti-
cles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion 
of such articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another 
nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license 
when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.
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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 officer 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 pro-
posed 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 adapt-
able to sporting purposes. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade 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 transfer, 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 Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control 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, 2023, from amounts made available to ‘‘Office 
of the United States Trade Representative—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
in title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 
Implementation Act (Public Law 116–113), are hereby rescinded,
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and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
priated on September 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and shall 
be available 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 originally 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 instead to ‘‘2024’’. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of Sep-
tember 30, 2023, from amounts made available to ‘‘Office of the 
United States Trade Representative—Trade Enforcement Trust 
Fund’’ in title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 
Implementation Act (Public Law 116–113), are hereby rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
priated on September 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and shall 
be available 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 originally 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 ‘‘2024’’. 
(c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were 
previously 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 are designated by the Con-
gress 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. 
(d) Each amount provided by this section is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concur-
rent 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. 
SEC. 541. Funds made available to the Department of Com-
merce and under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—Federal 
Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Expenses’’ in this Act and 
any remaining unobligated balances of funds made available to 
the Department of Commerce and under the heading ‘‘Department 
of 
Justice—Federal 
Bureau 
of 
Investigation—Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’ 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 Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 $5,000,000 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation. 
SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for design or construction of the Mobile Launcher 2 until 30 days 
after the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
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Administration (the ‘‘Administrator’’) submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate (the ‘‘Committees’’), the Government Accountability Office, 
and the Office of Inspector General of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration detailing a cost and schedule baseline 
for the Mobile Launcher 2. Such plan shall include each of the 
requirements described in subsection (c)(2) of section 30104 of title 
51, United States Code, as well as an estimated date for completion 
of design and construction of the Mobile Launcher 2. 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the submission of the plan 
described in subsection (a), and every 90 days thereafter, the 
Administrator shall report to the Committees, the Government 
Accountability Office, and the Office of Inspector General of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration on steps taken 
to implement such plan. 
SEC. 543. (a)(1) 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 2023 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 2023’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Commerce shall allocate amounts made available from the Public 
Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund for fiscal year 2023 pursu-
ant to section 106 of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public 
Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in section 106(b)(2) 
of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the projects and activities specified, in the table titled 
‘‘Department of Commerce Allocation of National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 
Year 2023’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(3) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts made avail-
able from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconduc-
tors (CHIPS) for America Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal 
year 2023 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 specified, and for the projects and activities specified 
in the table titled ‘‘National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2023’’ 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
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not apply to the allocation, 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 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 notifica-
tion 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 allo-
cated 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 America Workforce 
and Education Fund by subsection (a)(3) of this section. 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the Presi-
dent for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Commerce and the 
Director of the National Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall 
each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate proposed allocations by account 
and by program, project, or activity, 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 2024. 
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science 
Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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, the status of balances 
of projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Supply 
Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2) of this section, and the status of balances of projects 
and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and 
Education Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(3) 
of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobli-
gated funds. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Army on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $49,628,305,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members 
of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $36,706,395,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except 
members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $15,050,088,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $35,427,788,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Space Force on active duty and cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for pay-
ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $1,109,400,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active 
duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 7038 of title 10, United 
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing 
duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code,
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or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,212,834,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $2,400,831,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $826,712,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on 
active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$2,457,519,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
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title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $9,232,554,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on 
duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 
708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $4,913,538,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
$59,015,977,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 may 
be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and 
payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $68,260,046,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,055,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec-
retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
by law, $9,891,998,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, 
$60,279,937,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,699,000 may be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, 
and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as authorized by 
law, $4,086,883,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $49,574,779,000: Provided, That not more than 
$2,981,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 
Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States 
Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not less than $55,000,000 shall 
be made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance 
Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $5,000,000 
shall be available for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to plan or implement 
the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison office of 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary 
of a military department, or the service headquarters of one of 
the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison 
office: Provided further, That $49,071,000 to remain available until 
expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain classified 
activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary 
of Defense to operation and maintenance appropriations or research, 
development, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on the 
investment item unit cost of items that may be purchased with 
operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds 
described in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $2,467,009,000, of which 
$1,510,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, shall 
be available to provide support and assistance to foreign security 
forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of Defense 
security cooperation programs: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on the use and status of funds made available in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and 
Equip Fund’’, $475,000,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2024: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to 
provide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, 
supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova-
tion; construction for facility fortification and humane treatment; 
and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals participating, or preparing to participate in activities 
to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated 
or associated groups: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 
only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as having 
a security mission to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, 
and following written notification to the congressional defense 
committees of such designation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing assistance 
to elements of any forces or individuals, such elements or individ-
uals are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing 
such elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups asso-
ciated with the Government of Iran; and receiving commitments 
from such elements to promote respect for human rights and the 
rule of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation 
account, notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including 
assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the Govern-
ment of Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That contributions of funds 
for the purposes provided herein from any foreign government 
or other entity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available 
until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such contributions when 
providing any assistance for construction for facility fortification: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi-
sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support services 
or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such provision 
of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision 
of such assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver 
is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives: Provided further, That the United States may 
accept equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, 
or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
that was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces 
or groups to the United States, and such equipment may be treated 
as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 
equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, or 
under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks
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of the Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 
to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or groups 
and upon written notification to the congressional defense commit-
tees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the 
use of funds provided under this heading, including, but not limited 
to, the number of individuals trained, the nature and scope of 
support and sustainment provided to each group or individual, 
the area of operations for each group, and the contributions of 
other countries, groups, or individuals. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $3,206,434,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,278,050,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities 
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, 
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $347,633,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transpor-
tation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, sup-
plies, and equipment; and communications, $3,700,800,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 
travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in
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compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifi-
cally authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying 
and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; 
and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of 
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $8,299,187,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and 
related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 
and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including 
those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on 
the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard per-
sonnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau, $7,382,079,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $16,003,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000 may be used for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $324,500,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $400,113,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste,
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removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 
Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $573,810,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $10,979,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of 
Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of Defense, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act.
H. R. 2617—122 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $2,999,346,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2025. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $857,722,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground elec-
tronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and 
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger 
motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $28,034,122,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2025. 
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $4,462,188,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2025. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for 
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, 
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
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expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 
$42,880,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall 
be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $10,608,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $70,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and 
other related activities including conservation and renewable 
resources programs as authorized, $299,573,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $299,573,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 
1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
392a), up to $200,841,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $98,732,000, of which $98,732,000 is 
derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover 
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropria-
tion, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses).
H. R. 2617—189 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 
for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of 
title 40, United States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $911,384,000, including official rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 
not more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $777,498,000 in fiscal year 
2023 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 
in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received 
during fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 
appropriation estimated at not more than $133,886,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $15,769,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, 
and other services and collections estimated at $12,655,000 in fiscal 
year 2023 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2024, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2023 so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $3,114,000: Provided further, That of the amounts
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chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That, except as otherwise provided under this heading, funds 
made available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if made available to carry out section 176(d) of such title: 
Provided further, That, for purposes of the calculation under 
section 176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of such title, amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be included in the calculation of 
the total amount provided for fiscal year 2023 under section 
176(d) of such title: Provided further, That for purposes of 
applying the set-asides under section 176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) 
of such title, amounts made available under this paragraph 
for competitive awards for activities eligible under sections 
176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be included 
in the calculation of the amounts made available to carry 
out section 176(d) of such title for fiscal year 2023: Provided 
further, That, the Secretary may retain not more than a total 
of 5 percent of the amounts made available under this para-
graph to carry out this paragraph and to review applications 
for grants under this paragraph, and may transfer portions 
of the funds retained under this proviso to the relevant 
Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants pro-
vided under this paragraph: Provided further, That a project 
assisted with funds made available under this paragraph shall 
be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway; 
(12) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commis-
sion for activities eligible under section 307(e) of the Denali 
Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 
105–277): Provided, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided 
further, That except as otherwise provided under section 307(e) 
of such Act or this heading, funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be administered as if directly appropriated 
to the Denali Commission and subject to applicable provisions 
of such Act, including the requirement in section 307(e) of 
such Act that the local community provides a 10 percent non- 
Federal match in the form of any necessary land or planning 
and design funds: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Federal 
share of the costs for which an expenditure is made with 
funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 90 per-
cent; and 
(13) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commis-
sion to carry out the Denali Access System Program under 
section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That a transfer 
under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of 
such Act: Provided further, That except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali 
Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall not be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall be available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be 
up to 100 percent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transpor-
tation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for previous 
fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 
or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than sums authorized to be appro-
priated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 
equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than pro-
grams to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
retary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States 
Code, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 
such program for such fiscal year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 
title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts appor-
tioned for the National Highway Performance Program in sec-
tion 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from
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to the situation in Ukraine and in countries impacted by the situa-
tion in Ukraine. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, 
$5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, to respond to the 
situation in Ukraine and in countries impacted by the situation 
in Ukraine. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’, $937,902,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available to respond 
to humanitarian needs in Ukraine and in countries impacted by 
the situation in Ukraine, including the provision of emergency 
food and shelter, and for assistance for other vulnerable populations 
and communities, including through local and international non-
governmental organizations. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for assistance for 
Ukraine and countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
$12,966,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 
assistance for Ukraine and countries impacted by the situation 
in Ukraine, which may include budget support: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
assistance to foreign countries and may be made available as con-
tributions.
H. R. 2617—744 
provisos under this heading in title I of the Disaster Relief Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117– 
43), except that each reference to 2020 or 2021 in such provisos 
in such Act shall be deemed to be a reference instead to 2022. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’, 
$58,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 
Service’’, $29,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Forest Restoration 
Program’’, $27,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations’’ for necessary expenses for the Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program, $925,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Housing Assistance 
Grants’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses related to homes damaged by Presidentially 
declared disasters in calendar year 2022: Provided, That 42 U.S.C. 
1471(b)(3) shall not apply: Provided further, That the income limit 
shall be capped at 80 percent of the area median income: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 1490m(c)(2) of such title, 
a grant made under 42 U.S.C. 1490m of such title using funds 
made available under this heading in this Act, may not exceed 
$50,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Community Facilities Pro-
gram Account’’, $75,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading in 
this Act, $50,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for grants 
to repair essential community facilities damaged by Presidentially
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pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, up to $100,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to Western Area Power Administration’s Colorado River 
Basins Power Marketing Fund account to be used for the same 
purposes as outlined under this heading. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
For an additional amount to be deposited in the ‘‘Federal 
Buildings Fund’’, $36,788,390, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Ian, for repair and alteration of buildings under the jurisdiction, 
custody and control of the Administrator of General Services, and 
real property management and related activities not otherwise pro-
vided for: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading 
in this Act may be used to reimburse the Fund for obligations 
incurred for this purpose prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Loans Program Account’’ 
for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $858,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $8,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ for audits and reviews of disaster loans and 
the disaster loans programs; and of which $850,000,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for 
administrative expenses to carry out the disaster loan program 
or any disaster loan authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business 
Act. 
TITLE VI 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Support’’, 
$39,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for
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returning worker program in any fiscal year in which returning 
workers were exempt from such numerical limitation. 
SEC. 304. RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
TITLE IV—ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC 
WORKS MATTERS 
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 15301(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The Great Lakes Authority.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 15101(1) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or Authority’’ 
after ‘‘a Commission’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF REGION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 157 of title 
40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 15734. Great Lakes Authority 
‘‘The region of the Great Lakes Authority shall consist of areas 
in the watershed of the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes System 
(as such terms are defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3))), in each of 
the following States: 
‘‘(1) Illinois. 
‘‘(2) Indiana. 
‘‘(3) Michigan. 
‘‘(4) Minnesota. 
‘‘(5) New York. 
‘‘(6) Ohio. 
‘‘(7) Pennsylvania. 
‘‘(8) Wisconsin.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter 
II of chapter 157 of title 40, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘15734. Great Lakes Authority.’’. 
SEC. 402. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SYSTEM VOLUNTEER SERVICES, COMMUNITY PARTNER-
SHIP, AND REFUGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 7(g) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742f) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 
SEC. 404. PATRICK LEAHY LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 120 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1270) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘PATRICK LEAHY’’ 
before ‘‘LAKE’’;
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SEC. 103. SAVER’S MATCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6433. SAVER’S MATCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF MATCH.—Any eligible individual who 
makes qualified retirement savings contributions for the taxable 
year shall be allowed a matching contribution for such taxable 
year in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of so 
much of the qualified retirement savings contributions made 
by such eligible individual for the taxable year as does not 
exceed $2,000. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF MATCH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the matching contribution under this section shall 
be allowed as a credit which shall be payable by the Sec-
retary as a contribution (as soon as practicable after the 
eligible individual has filed a tax return making a claim 
for such matching contribution for the taxable year) to 
the applicable retirement savings vehicle of the eligible 
individual. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In the case of an eligible individual 
who elects the application of this subparagraph and with 
respect to whom the matching contribution determined 
under paragraph (1) is greater than zero but less than 
$100 for the taxable year, subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
and such matching contribution shall be treated as a credit 
allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 
1. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the applicable percentage is 50 percent. 
‘‘(2) PHASEOUT.—The percentage under paragraph (1) shall 
be reduced (but not below zero) by the number of percentage 
points which bears the same ratio to 50 percentage points 
as— 
‘‘(A) the excess of— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income 
for such taxable year, over 
‘‘(ii) the applicable dollar amount, bears to 
‘‘(B) the phaseout range. 
If any reduction determined under this paragraph is not a 
whole percentage point, such reduction shall be rounded to 
the next lowest whole percentage point. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT; PHASEOUT RANGE.— 
‘‘(A) JOINT RETURNS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES.—Except 
as provided in subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) the applicable dollar amount is $41,000, and 
‘‘(ii) the phaseout range is $30,000. 
‘‘(B) OTHER RETURNS.—In the case of— 
‘‘(i) a head of a household (as defined in section 
2(b)), the applicable dollar amount and the phaseout 
range shall be 3⁄4 of the amounts applicable under 
subparagraph (A) (as adjusted under subsection (h)), 
and
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‘‘(ii) any taxpayer who is not filing a joint return, 
who is not a head of a household (as so defined), 
and who is not a surviving spouse (as defined in section 
2(a)), the applicable dollar amount and the phaseout 
range shall be 1⁄2 of the amounts applicable under 
subparagraph (A) (as so adjusted). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible individual’ means any 
individual if such individual has attained the age of 18 as 
of the close of the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENTS AND FULL-TIME STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE.— 
The term ‘eligible individual’ shall not include— 
‘‘(A) any individual with respect to whom a deduction 
under section 151 is allowed to another taxpayer for a 
taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which such 
individual’s taxable year begins, and 
‘‘(B) any individual who is a student (as defined in 
section 152(f)(2)). 
‘‘(3) NONRESIDENT ALIENS NOT ELIGIBLE.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ shall not include any individual who is a nonresident 
alien individual for any portion of the taxable year unless 
such individual is treated for such taxable year as a resident 
of the United States for purposes of chapter 1 by reason of 
an election under subsection (g) or (h) of section 6013. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFIED
RETIREMENT
SAVINGS
CONTRIBUTIONS.—For 
purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified retirement savings 
contributions’ means, with respect to any taxable year, the 
sum of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the qualified retirement contribu-
tions (as defined in section 219(e)) made by the eligible 
individual, 
‘‘(B) the amount of— 
‘‘(i) any elective deferrals (as defined in section 
402(g)(3)) of such individual, and 
‘‘(ii) any elective deferral of compensation by such 
individual under an eligible deferred compensation 
plan (as defined in section 457(b)) of an eligible 
employer described in section 457(e)(1)(A), and 
‘‘(C) the amount of voluntary employee contributions 
by such individual to any qualified retirement plan (as 
defined in section 4974(c)). 
Such term shall not include any amount attributable to a 
payment under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) REDUCTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The qualified retirement savings 
contributions determined under paragraph (1) for a taxable 
year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate 
distributions received by the individual during the testing 
period from any entity of a type to which contributions 
under paragraph (1) may be made. 
‘‘(B) TESTING PERIOD.—For purposes of subparagraph 
(A), the testing period, with respect to a taxable year, 
is the period which includes— 
‘‘(i) such taxable year, 
‘‘(ii) the 2 preceding taxable years, and
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‘‘(D) QUALIFIED STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT.—The term 
‘qualified student loan payment’ means a payment made 
by an employee in repayment of a qualified education loan 
(as defined in section 221(d)(1)) incurred by the employee 
to pay qualified higher education expenses, but only— 
‘‘(i) to the extent such payments in the aggregate 
for the year do not exceed an amount equal to— 
‘‘(I) the limitation applicable under section 
402(g) for the year (or, if lesser, the employee’s 
compensation (as defined in section 415(c)(3)) for 
the year), reduced by 
‘‘(II) the elective deferrals made by the 
employee for such year, and 
‘‘(ii) if the employee certifies annually to the 
employer making the matching contribution under this 
paragraph that such payment has been made on such 
loan. 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘qualified 
higher education expenses’ means the cost of attendance 
(as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible 
educational institution (as defined in section 221(d)(2)).’’. 
(c) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR QUALIFIED STUDENT LOAN 
PAYMENTS.—Section 401(m) is amended by redesignating paragraph 
(13) as paragraph (14), and by inserting after paragraph (12) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR QUALIFIED STUDENT 
LOAN PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(4)(A)(iii), an employer contribution made to a defined con-
tribution plan on account of a qualified student loan pay-
ment shall be treated as a matching contribution for pur-
poses of this title if— 
‘‘(i) the plan provides matching contributions on 
account of elective deferrals at the same rate as con-
tributions on account of qualified student loan pay-
ments, 
‘‘(ii) the plan provides matching contributions on 
account of qualified student loan payments only on 
behalf of employees otherwise eligible to receive 
matching contributions on account of elective deferrals, 
‘‘(iii) under the plan, all employees eligible to 
receive matching contributions on account of elective 
deferrals are eligible to receive matching contributions 
on account of qualified student loan payments, and 
‘‘(iv) the plan provides that matching contributions 
on account of qualified student loan payments vest 
in the same manner as matching contributions on 
account of elective deferrals. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF NONDISCRIMINATION 
RULES, ETC.— 
‘‘(i) NONDISCRIMINATION RULES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(iii), subsection (a)(4), and section 
410(b), matching contributions described in paragraph 
(4)(A)(iii) shall not fail to be treated as available to 
an employee solely because such employee does not
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an automatic contribution arrangement described in sub-
section (d)(2), or the date of any adjustment to the partici-
pant contribution rate under subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii), and 
not less than annually thereafter, shall furnish to the 
participant a notice describing— 
‘‘(i) the purpose of the account, which is for short- 
term, emergency savings; 
‘‘(ii) the limits on, and tax treatment of, contribu-
tions to the pension-linked emergency savings account 
of the participant; 
‘‘(iii) any fees, expenses, restrictions, or charges 
associated with such pension-linked emergency savings 
account; 
‘‘(iv) procedures for electing to make contributions 
to or opting out of the pension-linked emergency 
savings account, for changing participant contribution 
rates for such pension-linked emergency savings 
account, and for making participant withdrawals from 
such 
pension-linked 
emergency 
savings 
account, 
including any limits on frequency; 
‘‘(v) as applicable, the amount of the intended con-
tribution to such pension-linked emergency savings 
account or the change in the percentage of the com-
pensation of the participant of such contribution; 
‘‘(vi) the amount in the emergency savings account 
and the amount or percentage of compensation that 
a participant has contributed to the pension-linked 
emergency savings account; 
‘‘(vii) the designated investment option under sub-
section (c)(1)(A)(iii) for amounts contributed to the pen-
sion-linked emergency savings account; 
‘‘(viii) the options under subsection (e) for the 
account balance of the pension-linked emergency 
savings account after termination of the employment 
of the participant or termination by the plan sponsor 
of the pension-linked emergency savings account; and 
‘‘(ix) the ability of a participant who becomes a 
highly compensated employee (as such term is defined 
in paragraph (3) of subsection (b)) to, as described 
in paragraph (2) of such subsection, withdraw any 
account balance from a pension-linked emergency 
savings account and the restriction on the ability of 
such a participant to make further contributions to 
the pension-linked emergency savings account. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—A notice furnished to a 
participant under subparagraph (A) shall be— 
‘‘(i) sufficiently accurate and comprehensive to 
apprise the participant of the rights and obligations 
of the participant with regard to the pension-linked 
emergency savings account of the participant; and 
‘‘(ii) written in a manner calculated to be under-
stood by the average participant. 
‘‘(C) CONSOLIDATED
NOTICES.—The required notices 
under subparagraph (A) may be included with any other 
notice under this Act, including under section 404(c)(5)(B) 
or 514(e)(3), or under section 401(k)(13)(E) or 414(w)(4) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if such other notice