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ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 
and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-
vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 
fiscal year 2023 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
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in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 
after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
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funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
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(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
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(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
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and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
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by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
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if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2023, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
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SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2023, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2023, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2023, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
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payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2023 under section 5303 of title 
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2023 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
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30, 2022, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2022, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2022. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
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necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 
take place in fiscal year 2023 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2022. 
SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
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reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2023 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
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(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2023 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
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ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.). 
SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 
other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
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SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 
such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
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fied information, (2) communications to Congress or the 
Office of Special Counsel, (3) the reporting to an Inspec-
tor General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, 
or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of 
authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 
The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-
ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 
agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 
by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 
or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 
such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 
to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 
to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
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(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2023 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
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memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date 
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public website. 
SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 
the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 
year 2023 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 
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on December 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of divi-
sion E of Public Law 117–103. 
(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 
2023 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 
position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
cember 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–103. Such an employee may not re-
ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2023, except 
as provided in subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 
subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior 
Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or 
above the official rate for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited 
emergency appointee in the Senior Executive 
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Service serving under a political appointment 
and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of-
ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of 
title 5, United States Code, an employee described 
in paragraph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase 
during calendar year 2023, except as provided in 
subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality- 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 
rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 
under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 
increase during calendar year 2023, except as provided in 
subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 
in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 
pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 
of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
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ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
for such time as that election is in effect. 
(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 
entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 
election is in effect. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 
the level or range for the position held immediately before 
the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 
of pay in effect on December 31, 2022, by operation of 
section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–103. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
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limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-
lic Law 117–103. 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023 
but ends in calendar year 2024, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 
of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 
pay is restricted under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 
1, 2023. 
SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 
the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 
shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 
and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 
of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 
report is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 748. During the current fiscal year— 
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(a) with respect to budget authority proposed to be 
rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed to be 
deferred in a special message transmitted under section 
1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority— 
(1) shall be made available for obligation in suf-
ficient time to be prudently obligated as required 
under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and 
(2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld 
from obligation during the 90-day period before the 
expiration of the period of availability of such budget 
authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period 
before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
ability for which such budget authority was pro-
vided. 
(b) With respect to an apportionment of an appro-
priation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is de-
fined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall 
be apportioned— 
(1) to make available all amounts for obligation 
in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and 
(2) to make available all amounts for obligation, 
without precondition (including footnotes) that shall 
be met prior to obligation, not later than 90 days be-
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fore the expiration of the period of availability of 
such appropriation, including, if applicable, 90 days 
before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
ability for which such appropriation was provided. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author-
ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or 
any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law 
other than an appropriations Act. 
(d)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli-
ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro-
priate congressional committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor-
mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with 
this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 
(2) The President or the head of the relevant depart-
ment or agency of the United States shall provide informa-
tion, documentation, and views to the Comptroller Gen-
eral, as is determined by the Comptroller General to be 
necessary to determine such compliance, not later than 20 
days after the date on which the request from the Comp-
troller General is received, or if the Comptroller General 
determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate 
based on the specific circumstances, within such shorter 
or longer period. 
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(3) To carry out the responsibilities of this section 
and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the Comp-
troller General shall also have access to interview the offi-
cers, employees, contractors, and other agents and rep-
resentatives of a department, agency, or office of the 
United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller 
General may request. 
(e)(1) An officer or employee of the Executive Branch 
of the United States Government violating this section 
shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline in-
cluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from 
duty without pay or removal from office. 
(2) In the event of a violation of this section, or in 
the case that the Government Accountability Office issues 
a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or 
office of the United States violated this section, the Presi-
dent or the head of the relevant department or agency as 
the case may be, shall report immediately to the Congress 
all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 
to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspector gen-
eral on the same date the report is transmitted to the Con-
gress. 
(3) Any such report shall include a summary of the 
facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 
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Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 
account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 
on which the violation occurred, the position of any indi-
viduals responsible for the violation, a statement of the 
administrative discipline imposed and any further action 
taken with respect to any officer or employee involved in 
the violation, a statement of any additional action taken 
to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, and 
any written response by any officer or employee identified 
by position as involved in the violation: Provided, That in 
the case that the Government Accountability Office issues 
a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or 
office of the United States violated this section and the 
relevant department, agency, or office does not agree that 
a violation has occurred, the report provided to Congress, 
the Comptroller General, and relevant inspector general 
will explain such department, agency, or office’s position. 
SEC. 749. (a) If an executive agency or the District 
of Columbia government receives a written request for in-
formation, documentation, or views from the Government 
Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on 
budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the 
District of Columbia government shall provide the re-
quested information, documentation, or views not later 
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than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless 
such written request specifically provides otherwise. 
(b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 
government fails to respond to the request for information, 
documentation, or views within the time required by this 
section— 
(1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in 
writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and any other appropriate congressional 
committee of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate of such failure; and 
(2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly 
empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, 
to bring a civil action in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia to require such 
information, documentation, or views to be pro-
duced, and such court is expressly empowered to 
enter in such civil action, against any department, 
agency, officer, or employee of the United States, 
any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec-
essary or appropriate to require such production. 
(c) If the Government Accountability Office deter-
mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency 
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or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency 
or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may 
be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress 
all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 
to the Comptroller General on the same date the report 
is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided 
further, That in the case that the Government Account-
ability Office issues a legal decision concluding that sec-
tion 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States 
Code was violated, and the executive agency or District 
of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree 
that a violation has occurred, the report provided to the 
President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will 
explain its position. 
(d) The report required by subsection (c) and any re-
port required by section 1351 or section 1517(b) of title 
31, United States Code, shall include a summary of the 
facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 
Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 
account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 
on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer 
or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of 
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the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac-
tion taken with respect to any officer or employee involved 
in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken 
to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a 
statement of any determination that the violation was not 
knowing and willful that has been made by the executive 
agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ-
ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi-
tion as involved in the violation. 
SEC. 750. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 
appropriate congressional committees if— 
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 
program, project, or activity by such department or 
agency. 
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(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 
committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 
name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 
account. 
SEC. 751. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished the Commission on Federal Naming and Dis-
plays (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF LIST.—Not later than 
180 days after the day by which all of its members 
have been appointed, the Commission, with input 
from the general public, shall develop and publish a 
list of property names, monuments, statues, public 
artworks, historical markers, and other symbols 
owned by the Federal government or located on 
property owned by the Federal government (includ-
ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch) 
which the Commission identifies as inconsistent with 
the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, includ-
ing those that do not represent the demographic di-
versity and history of the community. 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180 
days after publishing the list under paragraph (1), 
and after holding not fewer than two public meet-
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ings, the Commission shall submit to the President 
and Congress a report containing the following in-
formation: 
(A) A recommendation regarding whether 
each property name, monument, statue, public 
artwork, historical marker, or other symbol on 
the list developed under paragraph (1) should 
remain unchanged or should be renamed or re-
moved. 
(B) Supporting materials and context in-
formation for each recommendation under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) Such other recommendations as the 
Commission may consider appropriate, includ-
ing recommendations for educational programs, 
supplemental historical markers, or other activi-
ties to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion 
and to promote national reconciliation. 
(3) SEPARATE VIEWS OF MEMBERS.—The Com-
mission may include in the report submitted under 
paragraph (2) supplemental or dissenting rec-
ommendations from individual members of the Com-
mission. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall con-
sist of the following: 
(A) Two members appointed by the Presi-
dent. 
(B) Two members appointed by the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives. 
(C) Two members appointed by the Major-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(D) One member appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives. 
(E) One member appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(F) Each of the following individuals: 
(i) The Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
(ii) The Historian of the House of 
Representatives. 
(iii) The Historian of the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the 
Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1) shall have 10 or more 
years of educational and professional experience in 
one or more of the following disciplines: 
(A) History. 
(B) Art and antiquities. 
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(C) Historic preservation. 
(D) Cultural heritage. 
(E) Education. 
(3) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE; TRAVEL 
EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve 
without pay, but each member shall receive travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
in accordance with applicable provisions under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem-
bers of the Commission shall be appointed not later 
than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(5) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 10 days after 
the first meeting of the Commission, the members of 
the Commission shall select two co-chairs from 
among the members. 
(d) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis-
sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 
hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
considers appropriate, except that the Commission 
shall hold its initial meeting not later than 10 days 
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after the day by which all of its members have been 
appointed. 
(2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States information necessary 
to enable it to carry out its duties. Upon request of 
the Commission, the head of that department or 
agency shall furnish that information to the Com-
mission. 
(3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agen-
cies of the United States. 
(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian 
of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a 
reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv-
ices necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
duties. 
(5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the 
request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail any of the per-
sonnel of that department or agency to the Commis-
sion to assist it in carrying out its duties. Any per-
sonnel detailed to the Commission under this para-
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graph may receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(6) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
may contract with and compensate government and 
private agencies or persons for goods and services, 
without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(e) 
FUNDING.—There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, to carry 
out this section. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
60 days after submitting the report under subsection 
(b)(2). 
SEC. 752. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 
made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 
agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 
recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 
Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 
National Institutes of Health research programs. 
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SEC. 753. (a) As a condition of receiving funds pro-
vided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives that is included in 
the report or explanatory statement accompanying any 
such Act, any non-Federal entity shall, to the extent prac-
ticable— 
(1) retain until the date that is 3 years after the date 
on which such entity has expended such funds any records 
related to the planned or actual obligation or expenditure 
of such funds, and make available any such records to the 
Comptroller General of the United States, upon request; 
and 
(2) subject to reasonable advance notification by the 
Comptroller General— 
(A) make available to the Comptroller General 
or their designee for interview, any officers, employ-
ees, or staff of such entity involved in the obligation 
or expenditure of such funds; and 
(B) grant access to the Comptroller General or 
their designee for inspection, any facilities, work 
sites, offices, or other locations, as the Comptroller 
General deems necessary, at which the individuals 
referenced in subparagraph (A) carry out their re-
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sponsibilities related to such funds. The Comptroller 
General may make and retain copies of these records 
as the Comptroller General determines necessary. 
(b) Access, rights, and authority provided to the 
Comptroller General or their designee under this section 
shall be in addition to any other authority vested in the 
Comptroller General, and nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any 
manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General. 
SEC. 754. (a) Beginning on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available 
by this Act may be used to purchase infrastructure as a 
service except infrastructure as a service determined by 
the Government to take reasonable measures to— 
(1) not store or transmit images which depict known 
violations of sections 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2252B 
or 2260 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
child pornography; and 
(2) comply with the reporting requirements under 
section 2258A(a) of such title for such violations. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to such services used for bona fide law enforcement ac-
tions. 
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SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under 
this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal 
and District government agencies, that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro-
vided 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 obliga-
tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram-
ming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
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(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 803. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2024, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 801 of this Act. 
SEC. 804. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
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(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2024. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
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(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 805. (a) Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of 
Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38– 
2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(G) is from a family with a taxable an-
nual income of less than the applicable family 
income limit, as defined in paragraph (7).’’. 
(b) Section 3(c) of such Act (sec. 38–2702(c), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) APPLICABLE FAMILY INCOME LIMIT.—The 
term ‘applicable family income limit’ means, with re-
spect to an individual, the following: 
‘‘(A) In the case of an individual who 
began an undergraduate course of study prior 
to school year 2015-2016, $1,000,000. 
‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2016-2017, $750,000. 
‘‘(C) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2017-2018 or school year 2018-2019, the 
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applicable family income limit under this para-
graph for an individual who began an under-
graduate course of study in the previous school 
year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, as 
measured by the percentage increase, if any, 
from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
Department of Labor. 
‘‘(D) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2019-2020, $500,000. 
‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2020-2021, the amount described in sub-
paragraph (D), adjusted by the Mayor for infla-
tion, as measured by the percentage increase, if 
any, from the preceding fiscal year in the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(F) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2021-2022, $750,000. 
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‘‘(G) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2022-2023 or any succeeding school year, 
the applicable family income limit under this 
paragraph for an individual who began an un-
dergraduate course of study in the previous 
school year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, 
as measured by the percentage increase, if any, 
from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
Department of Labor.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2019 (division D of Public Law 116–6). 
SEC. 806. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 807. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 
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(sec. 9-1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 
respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 
Bridge Project. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 
Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 
the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 
other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 
passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 
access crossings over the Potomac River. 
SEC. 808. No services may be made available in ac-
cordance with section 740(a) of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40(a), D.C. Official Code) at 
any time during fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 809. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col-
lege Access Act of 1999 (sec.38–2702, D.C. Official 
Code), is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
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(4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub-
paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 
after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-
graph; ‘‘(B) after making reductions under subpara-
graph (A), ratably reduce the amount of the tuition 
and fee payment of each eligible student who re-
ceives more than $10,000 for the award year; and’’; 
and 
(5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 
so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 
SEC. 810. ADJUSTMENTS IN COMPENSATION 
RATES FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL. 
(a) Attorneys Representing Indigent Defendants. 
(1) Section 11–2604(a), District of Columbia 
Official Code, is amended by striking ‘‘at a fixed 
rate of $90 per hour’’ and inserting ‘‘an hourly rate 
not to exceed the rate payable under section 
3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code’’. 
(2) The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to cases and proceedings initiated 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) Criminal Justice Investigators. 
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(1) Section 11–2605, District of Columbia Offi-
cial Code, is amended in subsections (b) and (c) by 
striking ‘‘(or, in the case of investigative services, a 
fixed rate of $25 per hour)’’ each place it appears. 
(2) The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to investigative services provided 
in connection with cases and proceedings initiated on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 811. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 301 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8254 
[Report No. 117–393] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Financial Services and 
General Government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 28, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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