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requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided, That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
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 identifi-
able information relating to an individual’s access to or use 
of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
obtain any aggregation of data, derived 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 identifiable 
information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, 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 operator of an Internet site and 
is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services 
or to protecting 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 actions to imple-
ment, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations of the 
agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and 
soundness, overall financial condition, management practices 
and policies and compliance with applicable standards as pro-
vided 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 contraceptive coverage. 
(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 subject any indi-
vidual 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 require cov-
erage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the 
health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes,
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and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through 
testing, adjudication, education, and research as performed by 
nationally recognized oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies 
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official 
travel for Government 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 Fellow-
ship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the 
Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
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 execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous 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 authorized to obtain 
the temporary use of additional facilities 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 distribution in the United States, unless 
the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio 
of the prepackaged 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 imple-
menting that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incor-
porated 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 Government contract under the 
authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver is required 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—
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(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 subchapter III 
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a 
payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency 
shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s 
average 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 administrative expense under section 
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity 
submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the 
following information as a condition of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering 
communication that is made by the entity, its officers or direc-
tors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate 
for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or 
that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal 
office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers 
or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any person 
with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person 
will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, ‘‘expendi-
ture’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering communication’’, 
‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given 
such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. 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 Government, including the 
President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress (including 
a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner 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. 737. (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 expiration of the 
limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 
2023, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in 
accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
year 2023, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage
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survey adjustment, the rate 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 average percent-
age of the locality-based comparability payments taking 
effect in fiscal year 2023 under section 5304 of such title 
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age 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) applicable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to 
an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid 
from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2022, shall 
be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of pre-
mium 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 purpose 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 premium pay, retire-
ment, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires 
any deduction or contribution, 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 
subsection 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 excep-
tions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office 
determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruit-
ment or retention of qualified 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 employees 
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 pre-
vailing rate employees 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
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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 applicable pay 
period beginning after September 30, 2022. 
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act shall submit annual 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 conference held by any such department, agency, board, 
commission, 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 conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable 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 conference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the departmental component or office in evaluating poten-
tial 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 conference 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 appropriated by 
this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in sub-
section (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, assess-
ment, 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 conference 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. 739. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or
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reduce funding for a program, project, or activity 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 
provisions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. 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. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees 
or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative 
of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene require-
ments applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information. 
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard 
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure 
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does 
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are con-
sistent 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) classified information, 
(2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
General or the Office of Special Counsel 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, sanctions, and 
liabilities created by controlling Executive orders and statutory 
provisions are incorporated into this agreement and are control-
ling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to 
be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions 
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 disclose 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,
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or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department 
of Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation 
of law. 
(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 entered into during 
fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar lan-
guage to that required in subsection (a). 
SEC. 744. 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 liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative 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 deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. 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 
was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency 
is aware of the conviction, 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 protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date on which 
a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 
1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 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. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted 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 on December 31, 2022, by operation 
of section 747 of division 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 December 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–103. Such an employee may not receive a
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rate increase during calendar year 2023, except as provided in 
subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, a 
chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject to subsection 
(b) in the same manner as other employees 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 Executive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emergency 
appointee in the Senior Executive Service serving under a 
political appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above 
the official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(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, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment 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 increase upon an 
authorized movement to a different covered position only if that 
new position has higher-level duties 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 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.
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(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. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impoundment 
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 Representa-
tives and the Senate and the Comptroller General on the same 
date the report is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the executive 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 required 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 obligation of such appropria-
tion or the execution of a program, project, or activity by 
such department or agency. 
(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional committee 
pursuant to this section shall contain information identifying the 
bureau, account name, appropriation name, and Treasury Appro-
priation Fund Symbol or fund account. 
SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds provided 
in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2023 that 
are specified in the disclosure table submitted in compliance with 
clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
or Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included 
in the report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 
Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award with 
respect to such funds for purposes of the requirements of 2 CFR 
200.334, regarding records retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, regarding 
access by the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, 
supersede, or restrict in any manner any requirements otherwise 
applicable to non-Federal entities described in paragraph (1) or 
any existing authority of the Comptroller General. 
SEC. 751. 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 interagency funding for coordination with, 
participation in, or recommendations involving, activities of the 
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, the
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Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 
National Institutes of Health research programs. 
SEC. 752. (a)(1) Not later than 100 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), in 
coordination with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers 
Compliance Board and the Administrator of General Services (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’), shall disseminate 
amended or updated criteria and instructions to any Federal depart-
ment or agency (in this section referred to as an ‘‘agency’’) covered 
by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) 
for the evaluation required pursuant to paragraph (3)(B). 
(2) Such criteria and instructions shall— 
(A) include, at minimum, requirements that information 
technologies and digital services must– 
(i) conform to the technical standards referenced in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section 508, as determined by 
appropriate conformance testing; and 
(ii) be accessible to and usable by individuals with 
disabilities as determined from consultation with individ-
uals with disabilities, including those with visual, auditory, 
tactile, and cognitive disabilities, or members of any dis-
ability organization; and 
(B) provide guidance to agencies regarding the types and 
format of data and information to be submitted to the Director 
and the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (3), including 
how to submit such data and information, the metrics by which 
compliance will be assessed in the reports required in sub-
section (b), and any other directions necessary for agencies 
to demonstrate compliance with accessibility standards for elec-
tronic and information technology procured and in use within 
an agency, as required by such section 508. 
(3) Not later than 225 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the head of each agency shall— 
(A) evaluate the extent to which the electronic and informa-
tion technology of the agency are accessible to and usable 
by individuals with disabilities described in subsection (a)(1) 
of such section 508 compared to the access to and use of 
the technology and services by individuals described in such 
section who are not individuals with disabilities; 
(B) evaluate the electronic and information technology of 
the agency in accordance with the criteria and instructions 
provided in paragraph (1); and 
(C) submit a report containing the evaluations jointly to 
the Director and the Administrator. 
(b)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in consultation 
with the Director, shall prepare and submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and 
Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives a report 
that shall include— 
(A) a comprehensive assessment (including information 
identifying the metrics and data used) of compliance by each 
agency, and by the Federal Government generally, with the 
criteria and instructions disseminated under subsection (a)(1);
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(B) a detailed description of the actions, activities, and 
other efforts made by the Administrator over the year preceding 
submission to support such compliance at agencies and any 
planned efforts in the coming year to improve compliance at 
agencies; and 
(C) a list of recommendations that agencies or Congress 
may take to help support that compliance. 
(2) The Administrator shall ensure that the reports required 
under this subsection are made available on a public website and 
are maintained as an open Government data asset (as that term 
is defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code). 
SEC. 753. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ with the approval 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 
Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Pro-
vided, That these funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available, 
shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services 
to carry out the purposes of the Federal Citizen Services Fund 
and to support Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, 
information technology, procurement, and other activities, including 
services authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal agencies 
to take advantage of information technology in sharing information: 
Provided further, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed 
shall not exceed $15,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ during 
fiscal year 2023 shall remain available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services, 
in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 
plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further, 
That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the amounts 
currently in the funds authorized under this section and the esti-
mate of amounts to be transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 
2023; (ii) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds esti-
mated to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 
(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 
salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) where applicable, 
a description of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa-
tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, That 
no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursuant to this 
section until 15 days following notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 754. 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.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation 
of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) 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 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 avail-
able for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 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; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsi-
bility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 
to a specific program, project or responsibility center, unless 
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 
funds under this title through November 7, 2023. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may 
be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s 
official duties. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence 
and workplace, except in the case of—
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(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise 
designated by the Chief of the Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department 
of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Secu-
rity and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Manage-
ment Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 
or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to 
require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress 
for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private 
lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government 
regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 
may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose 
of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location 
that has been determined by the local public health or local law 
enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. 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 insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which 
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the posses-
sion, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia government under any authority may be used 
to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of 
any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative 
for recreational purposes.
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SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by 
the District of Columbia government under any authority shall 
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 
a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 
of Columbia government for fiscal year 2023 that is in the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budg-
eted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the 
Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that 
a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 
funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise 
and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds trans-
ferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from 
operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once trans-
ferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 
notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
SEC. 814. 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. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from appropria-
tions 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 author-
ized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further,
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That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (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) (subject to any modifications enacted by the 
District of Columbia 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 require-
ments of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute 
the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia 
government 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— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
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 provided 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 provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, 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 activity to continue for such 
period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other 
law. 
SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States relating to the District of Columbia (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 Common-
wealth 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.
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SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day of each 
quarter, each Federal and District government agency appropriated 
Federal funds in this Act shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
budget report that includes total obligations of the Agency for 
that quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in this 
Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 819. (a)(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)(1) Section 11–2605, District of Columbia Official 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. 820. 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 division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, 
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for operations and support, $336,746,000; 
of which $18,862,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
$5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
submits, to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, responses to all questions for the 
record for each hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security held by such Committees 
prior to July 1. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $8,048,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.
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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for Federal assistance through grants, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $40,000,000, 
which shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, of which $20,000,000 shall be for 
targeted violence and terrorism prevention grants and of which 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, shall 
be for the Alternatives to Detention Case Management pilot pro-
gram. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
operations and support, including vehicle fleet modernization, 
$1,743,160,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
procurement, construction, and improvements, $325,245,000, of 
which $137,245,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $188,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 
and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 
and the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness for 
operations and support, $316,640,000, of which $95,273,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not 
to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs 
associated with secure space at fusion centers, including improve-
ments to buildings. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
for operations and support, $214,879,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational
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expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended 
at the direction of the Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a report not later than October 15, 2023, to the Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and 
contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competi-
tion during fiscal years 2022 or 2023. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable 
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives not later than February 15, 2024. 
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 
staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department 
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 
program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the 
appropriation. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 
that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 
provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 
9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code, from the Department 
of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may be 
obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified of the proposed 
transfer. 
SEC. 105. All official costs associated with the use of Govern-
ment aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to 
support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 
shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 106. (a) The Under Secretary for Management shall brief 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives not later than 45 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 2 acquisition programs 
on the Master Acquisition Oversight list between Acquisition Deci-
sion Event and Full Operational Capability, including programs 
that have been removed from such list during the preceding quarter. 
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) a description of the purpose of the program, including 
the capabilities being acquired and the component(s) sponsoring 
the acquisition;
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(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to be acquired 
annually until procurement is complete under the current 
acquisition program baseline; 
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, including— 
(A) the current acquisition phase by increment, as 
applicable; 
(B) the date of the most recent review; and 
(C) whether the program has been paused or is in 
breach status; 
(4) a comparison between the initial Department-approved 
acquisition program baseline cost, schedule, and performance 
thresholds and objectives and the program’s current such 
thresholds and objectives, if applicable; 
(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for comparison to 
the Future Years Homeland Security Program, including— 
(A) the confidence level for the estimate; 
(B) the fiscal years included in the estimate; 
(C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior five years, 
the current year, and the budget year; 
(D) a breakout of the estimate by appropriation account 
or other funding source; and 
(E) a description of and rationale for any changes 
to the estimate as compared to the previously approved 
baseline, as applicable, and during the prior fiscal year; 
(6) a summary of the findings of any independent 
verification and validation of the items to be acquired or an 
explanation for why no such verification and validation has 
been performed; 
(7) a table displaying the obligation of all program funds 
by prior fiscal year, the estimated obligation of funds for the 
current fiscal year, and an estimate for the planned carryover 
of funds into the subsequent fiscal year; 
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major subcontractors; 
and 
(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, schedule, or 
performance that could result in a program breach if not 
successfully mitigated. 
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit each 
approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for programs described 
in this section to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than five business 
days after the date of approval of such memorandum by the Under 
Secretary for Management or the designee of the Under Secretary. 
SEC. 107. (a) None of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this Act or prior appropriations 
Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or demonstration unless 
the component or office carrying out such pilot or demonstration 
has documented the information described in subsection (c). 
(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made available 
for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot or demonstration, 
the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives on the information described in subsection (c). 
(c) The information required under subsections (a) and (b) 
for a pilot or demonstration shall include the following— 
(1) documented objectives that are well-defined and meas-
urable;
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(2) an assessment methodology that details— 
(A) the type and source of assessment data; 
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, collecting such 
data; and 
(C) how such data will be analyzed; and 
(3) an implementation plan, including milestones, cost esti-
mates, and implementation schedules, including a projected 
end date. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of 
a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e) the Under 
Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
detailing lessons learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or 
continuation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned transi-
tion of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring program or 
operation. 
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration 
program is a study, demonstration, experimental program, or trial 
that— 
(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment conducted in 
order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, or adverse events, 
and improve upon the design of an effort prior to implementa-
tion of a larger scale effort; and 
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or obligates, 
or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, but does not include 
congressionally directed programs or enhancements and does 
not include programs that were in operation as of March 15, 
2022. 
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration 
does not include any testing, evaluation, or initial deployment phase 
executed under a procurement contract for the acquisition of 
information technology services or systems, or any pilot or dem-
onstration carried out by a non-federal recipient under any financial 
assistance agreement funded by the Department. 
SEC. 108. Of the amount made available by section 4005 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 
$14,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General— 
Operations and Support’’ for oversight of the use of funds made 
available under such section 4005. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccom-
panied alien minors; the provision of air and marine support to 
Federal, State, local, and international agencies in the enforcement 
or administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland 
Security; at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies 
in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the
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purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) 
police-type vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of 
marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and con-
tracting 
with 
individuals 
for 
personal 
services 
abroad; 
$15,590,694,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 
related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant 
to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which 
$500,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024; and of 
which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee 
Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Provided, That not 
to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be 
available for payment for rental space in connection with 
preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to 
be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security: Provided further, That $800,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ to support sheltering and related activities provided 
by non-Federal entities, including facility improvements and 
construction, in support of relieving overcrowding in short-term 
holding facilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, of which 
not to exceed $11,200,000 shall be for the administrative costs 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs for the maintenance and repair of roads on Native 
American reservations used by the U.S. Border Patrol: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
for the Executive Leadership and Oversight program, project, and 
activity, as outlined in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), $5,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the 
reports concerning human capital strategic plans and the Office 
of Field Operations workload staffing model that are directed in 
such explanatory statement are submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, including 
procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial sys-
tems, $581,558,000, of which $481,658,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025; and of which $99,900,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase 
and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type
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vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construc-
tion, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facili-
ties; $8,396,305,000; of which not less than $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced 
child labor; of which $46,696,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024; of which not less than $2,000,000 is for paid 
apprenticeships for participants in the Human Exploitation Rescue 
Operative Child-Rescue Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for investigation of intellectual property rights 
violations, including operation of the National Intellectual Property 
Rights Coordination Center; and of which not less than 
$4,181,786,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and removal 
operations, including transportation of unaccompanied alien minors: 
Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special 
operations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act 
of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to 
be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of 
Homeland 
Security: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse other Federal 
agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and 
repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United 
States: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading for the Executive Leadership and Oversight program, 
project, and activity, as outlined in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), $5,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the reports directed under this heading in the explanatory 
statements accompanying Public Laws 116–6, 116–93, and 117– 
103 have been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$22,997,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for operations and support, $8,798,363,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That security service fees authorized under section 44940 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2023 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $6,308,363,000.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$141,645,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for research and development, $33,532,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for operations and 
support including the Coast Guard Reserve; purchase or lease of 
not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for 
replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent 
and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of not more than 
$700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed 
a total of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats 
necessary for overseas deployments and activities; payments pursu-
ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 
96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $9,700,478,000, of which 
$530,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; of which 
$24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025; of which 
$24,359,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for 
environmental 
compliance 
and 
restoration; 
and 
of 
which 
$70,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, which 
shall only be available for vessel depot level maintenance: Provided, 
That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement, 
construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, shore 
facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations 
used by the Coast Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, $1,669,650,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and 
development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; $7,476,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which $500,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 
section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and used
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for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State 
and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, 
and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of 
continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, 
concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $2,044,414,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 
652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; 
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, 
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property 
not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary 
to perform protective functions; conduct of and participation in 
firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behavioral 
research in support of protective intelligence and operations; pay-
ment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and payment, without regard 
to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence 
expenses of employees who are on protective missions, whether 
at or away from their duty stations; $2,734,267,000; of which 
$52,296,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 
investigations of missing and exploited children; and of which up 
to $20,500,000 may be for calendar year 2022 premium pay in 
excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of 
pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 
Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by Public Law 
116–269: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in criminal 
investigations within the jurisdiction of the United States Secret 
Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, $83,888,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for research and development, $4,025,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related 
to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to 
funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that 
‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ shall be available for customs expenses when nec-
essary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding 
provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States- 
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, 
Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of 
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, $31,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2023 from amounts 
authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 
section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 
of 2015 (Public Law 114–125), or other such authorizing language. 
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such collections 
exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall 
be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 
individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada 
that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 
Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the 
prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 
approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for
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the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy 
and Transportation and representatives from the United States 
flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the 
use of United States flag vessels. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers 
of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) 
of title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transportation, 
and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 
the Northern border at a land port of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border 
crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a 
fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of 
a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of 
crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land 
port of entry. 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made avail-
able for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. 
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obligated 
prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260), prohib-
iting the use of funds for the construction of fencing in certain 
areas, shall apply with respect to funds made available in this 
Act in the same manner as such section applied to funds made 
available in that Act. 
SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may be used 
to alter operations within the National Targeting Center of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture 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 components funded by this Act, may be used to 
reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing loca-
tions unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 211. (a) Of the amounts transferred from ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ to ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in this Act, up 
to $785,000,000 may be made available for the emergency food 
and shelter program under title II of the McKinney Vento Homeless
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Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331) for the purposes of providing 
shelter and other services to families and individuals encountered 
by the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) Notwithstanding sections 313(a) and 316 of such Act, up 
to $50,000,000 of any amounts made available to the emergency 
food and shelter program under subsection (a) may be used for 
the construction and expansion of shelter facilities. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 311 of such Act, funds made avail-
able for the purposes described in subsection (b) may be awarded 
to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board up 
to 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 315 and 316(b) of such Act, funds 
made available under subsection (b) may be disbursed by the Emer-
gency Food and Shelter Program National Board up to 24 months 
after the date on which such funds become available. 
(e) Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be avail-
able for the reimbursement of costs incurred after June 30, 2022. 
(f) The real property disposition requirements at 2 CFR 
200.311(c) shall not apply to grants funded by the amounts trans-
ferred from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ in this Act. 
SEC. 212. Of the total amount made available under ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’, $581,558,000 shall be available only as follows: 
(1) $230,277,000 for the acquisition and deployment of 
border security technologies; 
(2) $126,047,000 for trade and travel assets and infrastruc-
ture; 
(3) $99,900,000 for facility construction and improvements; 
(4) $92,661,000 for integrated operations assets and infra-
structure; and 
(5) $32,673,000 for mission support and infrastructure. 
SEC. 213. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 
may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority 
authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement 
governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 
SEC. 214. (a) None of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ may be used to continue any contract for the provision of 
detention services if the two most recent overall performance 
evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘ade-
quate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subsequent perform-
ance evaluation system. 
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in subsection (a) 
shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment Office of Professional Responsibility. 
SEC. 215. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may reprogram 
within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ as necessary to ensure the 
detention of aliens prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 216. The reports required to be submitted under section 
216 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
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2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260) shall continue to be sub-
mitted semimonthly and each matter required to be included in 
such reports by such section 216 shall apply in the same manner 
and to the same extent during the period described in such section 
216. 
SEC. 217. The terms and conditions of sections 216 and 217 
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 
(division D of Public Law 116–93) shall apply to this Act. 
SEC. 218. Members of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the 
heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of 
the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 
General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, 
and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Execu-
tive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 
passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 219. Any award by the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 
risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, 
lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high 
injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2023, any funds in the Aviation Security 
Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 
States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation 
of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other trans-
action agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 
in section 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 221. Not later than 45 days after the submission of the 
President’s budget proposal, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Secu-
rity in the House of Representatives a single report that fulfills 
the following requirements: 
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained and uncon-
strained, that includes a plan for continuous and sustained 
capital investment in new, and the replacement of aged, 
transportation security equipment; 
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as required by 
section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, as amended by section 3 of the Transportation Security 
Acquisition Reform Act (Public Law 113–245); and 
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening Tech-
nologies report as required by the Senate Report accompanying 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019 
(Senate Report 115–283). 
SEC. 222. Section 225 of division A of Public Law 116–6 (49 
U.S.C. 44901 note), relating to a pilot program for screening outside 
of an existing primary passenger terminal screening area, is 
amended in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 223. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ shall 
be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 
of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected
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from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay expenses 
of recreational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 
and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, personnel 
performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions under 
subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may 
perform documentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 224. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, in accordance 
with the notification requirement described in subsection (b) of 
such section, up to the following amounts may be reprogrammed 
within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’— 
(1) $10,000,000 to or from the ‘‘Military Personnel’’ funding 
category; and 
(2) $10,000,000 between the ‘‘Field Operations’’ funding 
subcategories. 
SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject 
to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 226. Of the funds made available for defense-related activi-
ties under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’, 
up to $190,000,000 that are used for enduring overseas missions 
in support of the global fight against terrorism may be reallocated 
by program, project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of 
this Act. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems Center mission 
or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center. 
SEC. 229. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 
and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 
the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil 
engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 230. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard Housing 
Fund in fiscal year 2023 shall be available until expended to carry 
out the purposes of section 2946 of title 14, United States Code, 
and shall be in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 231. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 46, United 
States Code, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to charge a fee for an inspection of a towing vessel, as
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defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that utilizes the Towing Safety Manage-
ment System option for a Certificate of Inspection issued under 
subchapter M of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination under section 
815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–282) and, as necessary based on such deter-
mination, carries out the requirements of section 815(b) of such 
Act. 
SEC. 232. The United States Secret Service is authorized to 
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from executive 
agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, 
for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of 
a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service may enter 
into agreements to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable 
basis. 
SEC. 234. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up 
to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 235. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States 
Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel 
of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service 
or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in 
advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
SEC. 236. Of the amounts made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
distributed as a grant or cooperative agreement for existing 
National Computer Forensics Institute facilities currently used by 
the United States Secret Service to carry out activities under section 
383 of title 6, United States Code, of which not to exceed 5 percent, 
or the applicable negotiated rate, shall be for the administrative 
costs of the Department of Homeland Security in carrying out 
this section. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for operations and support, $2,350,559,000, of 
which $36,293,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024:
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Provided, That not to exceed $5,500 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$549,148,000, of which $522,048,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and of which $27,100,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for research and development, $7,431,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for operations and support, $1,379,680,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$207,730,000, of which $130,425,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and of which $77,305,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other activities, $3,882,014,000, which shall be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) $520,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $90,000,000 shall be for Oper-
ation Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal Home-
land Security Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): Provided, That notwithstanding 
subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2023, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 
local and tribal governments amounts provided to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with 
subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604). 
(3) $305,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program 
under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security Act
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of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605), of which $152,500,000 is for 
eligible recipients located in high-risk urban areas that receive 
funding under section 2003 of such Act and $152,500,000 is 
for eligible recipients that are located outside such areas: Pro-
vided, That eligible recipients are those described in section 
2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an otherwise 
eligible recipient at risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack. 
(4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus 
Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 
be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public 
transportation security assistance shall be provided directly 
to public transportation agencies. 
(5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 
with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code. 
(6) $720,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which $360,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants and $360,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Ade-
quate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 
33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(7) $355,000,000 for emergency management performance 
grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earth-
quake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 
762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 
Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 
any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 
by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available 
until expended. 
(9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 
Grants. 
(10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be 
for total administrative costs. 
(11) $56,000,000 for the Next Generation Warning System. 
(12) $335,145,000 for Community Project Funding and 
Congressionally Directed Spending grants, which shall be for 
the purposes, and the amounts, specified in the table entitled 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ under this heading in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), of which— 
(A) $86,140,285, in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purpose, is for emergency oper-
ations center grants under section 614 of the Robert T.
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Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196c); 
(B) $233,043,782, in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purpose, is for pre-disaster mitiga-
tion grants under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(e), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), and (l) of that 
section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), (l)); and 
(C) $15,960,933 is for management and administration 
costs of recipients. 
(13) $316,119,000 to sustain current operations for training, 
exercises, technical assistance, and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $19,945,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) and is designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the 
Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as 
engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
89; 128 Stat. 1020), $225,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts 
collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $18,500,000 shall be 
available for mission support associated with flood management; 
and of which $206,500,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2023, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $223,770,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 
expenses associated with flood insurance operations; 
(2) $960,647,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 
assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 
and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a)
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and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available 
for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided 
further, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 
24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 
(42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading ‘‘Cybersecu-
rity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Operations and Support’’ 
may be made available for the necessary expenses of procuring 
or providing access to cybersecurity threat feeds for branches, agen-
cies, independent agencies, corporations, establishments, and 
instrumentalities of the Federal Government of the United States, 
state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers as 
described in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 
124h), and Information and Analysis Organizations. 
SEC. 302. (a) The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security Agency (or the Director’s designee) shall provide the 
briefings to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives described under the heading ‘‘Quar-
terly Budget and Staffing Briefings’’ in the explanatory statement 
for division F of Public Law 117–103 described in section 4 in 
the matter preceding division A of such Public Law— 
(1) with respect to the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, 
not later than the later of 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act or January 30, 2023; and 
(2) with respect to each subsequent fiscal quarter in fiscal 
year 2023, not later than 21 days after the end of each such 
quarter. 
(b) In the event that any such briefing required during this 
fiscal year under subsection (a) is not provided, the amount made 
available in title III to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency under the heading ‘‘Operations and Support’’ shall 
be reduced by $50,000 for each day of noncompliance with sub-
section (a), and the amount made available under such heading 
and specified in the detailed funding table in the explanatory state-
ment for this division described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) for Management and Business 
Activities shall be correspondingly reduced by an equivalent 
amount. 
SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any other provision 
of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made 
available in paragraphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the 
recipient for expenses directly related to administration of the grant.
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(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also apply 
to a state recipient for the administration of a grant under such 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding section 2004(e)(1) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605(e)(1)), the meaning of ‘‘total 
funds appropriated for grants under this section and section 2003’’ 
in each place that it appears shall not include any funds provided 
for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program in paragraph (3) under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ in this Act. 
SEC. 305. Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for para-
graphs (1) through (5), shall be made available to eligible applicants 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 
after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 306. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs 
(1) through (5) and (9), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full business 
days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making 
an award. 
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 5 full 
business days have elapsed following such briefing, $1,000,000 of 
amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Operations and Support’’ shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 307. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered 
construction of a building or other physical facility. 
SEC. 308. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), related to reporting 
on the Disaster Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2023 
with respect to budget year 2024 and current fiscal year 2023, 
respectively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for Staffing for 
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants, the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may grant waivers 
from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), 
(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 310. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal 
year 2023, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not 
be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year.
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(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 
be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees. 
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency 
Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections and will 
become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2023, and 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 311. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for Assistance to 
Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229). 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for operations and support, including for the E-Verify 
Program and for the Refugee and International Operations Pro-
grams, $242,981,000: Provided, That such amounts shall be in 
addition to any other amounts made available for such purposes, 
and shall not be construed to require any reduction of any fee 
described in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship and Integration 
Grant Program, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase 
of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $354,552,000, of which $66,665,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$51,995,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, for 
acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities,
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construction and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements and 
related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $384,107,000, of which $219,897,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$55,216,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for research and development, $461,218,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for operations and support, $151,970,000, of 
which $50,446,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $75,204,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for research and development, $64,615,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and other activities, $139,183,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to use 
such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences and places 
of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 
(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information 
Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services may be used for the collection and use of biometrics taken 
at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Application Support 
Center that is overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services personnel using appropriate technology. 
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law 
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 
accreditation. 
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement 
community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 
enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 
training accreditation process to continue the implementation of 
measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal 
law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to its ‘‘Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ account from Government agen-
cies requesting the construction of special use facilities, as author-
ized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)). 
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall main-
tain administrative control and ownership upon completion of such 
facilities. 
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 
governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 
Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 
activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 
for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter 
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security 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 components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, 
or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for 
which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity presently per-
formed by Federal employees or any new function or activity 
proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2023 for the Department 
of Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, 
or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 
by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall 
be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations 
based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except 
in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 
of human life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation 
in the current year. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 
note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall
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notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115– 
31), related to the operations of a working capital fund, shall 
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the 
same manner as such section applied to funds made available 
in that Act. 
(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obligated 
and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from components 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2023, as recorded in the financial records 
at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than 
June 30, 2024, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
for fiscal year 2023 in this Act shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, in the account and for the purposes for which 
the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives in accordance with section 503 
of this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
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. 414) during fiscal year 2023 until the enactment of 
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2023. 
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made available for 
‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness—Operations and 
Support’’ that exceed the amounts in such authorization for such 
account shall be transferred to and merged with amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred under sub-
section (b), the Management Directorate shall brief the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
on a plan for the use of such funds. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the des-
ignee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in 
excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) making or awarding a contract, other transaction agree-
ment, or task or delivery order on a Department of Homeland 
Security multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 
totaling in excess of $4,000,000; 
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obliga-
tion of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from 
multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds; 
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 
items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), including a contract 
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human
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life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 
and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary 
use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers’ facili-
ties. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 
otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 
Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. No Federal funds may be available to pay the salary 
of any employee serving as a contracting officer’s representative, 
or anyone acting in a similar capacity, who has not received con-
tracting officer’s representative training. 
SEC. 511. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public Law 110– 
161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect to funds 
made available in this Act in the same manner as such sections 
applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 512. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the 
Buy American Act. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy American 
Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided or otherwise made avail-
able in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 
identification card. 
SEC. 516. Any official that is required by this Act to report 
or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 
to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein.
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SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded 
by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 519. 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 performance that does not meet the basic requirements 
of a contract. 
SEC. 520. (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, territorial, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investiga-
tions, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 
Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 
is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 
I of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 
contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into with-
out regard to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act 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. 523. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 
50 employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 
Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single inter-
national conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national 
interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination. 
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con-
ference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 
States attended by representatives of the United States Government 
and of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations. 
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Security 
of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually without travel 
away from their permanent duty station within the United States 
shall not be counted for purposes of this section, and the prohibition 
contained in this section shall not apply to payments for the costs 
of attendance for such employees.
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SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
participation in a National Special Security Event. 
SEC. 525. (a) None of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obli-
gated for the implementation of any structural pay reform or the 
introduction of any new position classification that will affect more 
than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a 
single year before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 
Congress a notification that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by such 
change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the current fiscal 
year and through the Future Years Homeland Security Pro-
gram; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of compensation 
alternatives to such change that were considered by the Depart-
ment. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget proposal for 
the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 
(2) funds for such change have not been explicitly denied 
or restricted in this Act. 
SEC. 526. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 527. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Operations 
and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, construction, 
and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to end items 
with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and 
$2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 528. The authority provided by section 532 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141) regarding primary and secondary schooling of dependents 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this 
Act may be used to prevent any of the following persons from 
entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility oper-
ated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain 
or otherwise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 
at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by
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a visiting Member of Congress or such designated employee, com-
pared to what would be observed in the absence of such modifica-
tion: 
(1) A Member of Congress. 
(2) An employee of the United States House of Representa-
tives or the United States Senate designated by such a Member 
for the purposes of this section. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a 
Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter 
a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting 
oversight. 
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection (a)(2), 
the Department of Homeland Security may require that a request 
be made at least 24 hours in advance of an intent to enter a 
facility described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 530. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, exclusively for providing 
reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement or other emer-
gency personnel costs for protection activities directly and demon-
strably associated with any residence of the President that is des-
ignated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret 
Service. 
(b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 
141), shall be applied with respect to amounts made available 
by subsection (a) of this section by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2023’’ 
for ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and ‘‘October 1, 2022’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 531. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used to place restraints 
on a woman in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security 
(including during transport, in a detention facility, or at an outside 
medical facility) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a pregnant 
woman if— 
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of Homeland 
Security makes an individualized determination that the 
woman— 
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk cannot be 
prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat to harm 
herself or others that cannot be prevented by other means; 
or 
(2) a medical professional responsible for the care of the 
pregnant woman determines that the use of therapeutic 
restraints is appropriate for the medical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to subsection 
(b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, as determined 
by the appropriate medical professional treating the woman, may 
be used. In no case may restraints be used on a woman who 
is in active labor or delivery, and in no case may a pregnant 
woman be restrained in a face-down position with four-point 
restraints, on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the 
area of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, 
on her left side.
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SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to destroy any document, recording, or other record 
pertaining to any— 
(1) death of, 
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against, 
or 
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or disruption com-
mitted by 
an individual held in the custody of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be made 
available, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and 
Federal rules governing disclosure in litigation, to an individual 
who has been charged with a crime, been placed into segregation, 
or otherwise punished as a result of an allegation described in 
paragraph (3), upon the request of such individual. 
SEC. 533. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 114–113, 
regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated 
as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to any 
Federal funds in the same manner as such section applied to 
funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 534. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date on which 
the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
Under Secretary for Management of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report on the unfunded priorities, 
for the Department of Homeland Security and separately for each 
departmental component, for which discretionary funding would 
be classified as budget function 050. 
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for each such 
unfunded priority— 
(1) a summary description, including the objectives to be 
achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 
part); 
(2) the description, including the objectives to be achieved 
if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part); 
(3) account information, including the following (as 
applicable): 
(A) appropriation account; and 
(B) program, project, or activity name; and 
(4) the additional number of full-time or part-time positions 
to be funded as part of such priority. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in the case 
of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— 
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in subsection 
(a); 
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with 
an operational or contingency plan for the Department; and 
(3) would have been recommended for funding through 
the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(A) additional resources had been available for the 
budget to fund the requirement; 
(B) the requirement has emerged since the budget 
was formulated; or 
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain prior-year 
investments.
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SEC. 535. (a) Not later than 10 days after a determination 
is made by the President to evaluate and initiate protection under 
any authority for a former or retired Government official or 
employee, or for an individual who, during the duration of the 
directed protection, will become a former or retired Government 
official or employee (referred to in this section as a ‘‘covered indi-
vidual’’), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica-
tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified form, if 
necessary, and in consultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
as appropriate, and shall include the threat assessment, scope 
of the protection, and the anticipated cost and duration of such 
protection. 
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days before 
terminating, protection for a covered individual, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit a notification regarding the exten-
sion or termination and any change to the threat assessment to 
the congressional leadership and the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the congressional leadership and the appropriate congres-
sional committees, which may be submitted in classified form, if 
necessary, detailing each covered individual, and the scope and 
associated cost of protection. 
SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds provided to the Department 
of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used by 
an agency to submit an initial project proposal to the Technology 
Modernization Fund (as authorized by section 1078 of subtitle G 
of title X of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submis-
sion of an initial project proposal to the Technology Modernization 
Board, the head of the agency— 
(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives of the proposed submission 
of the project proposal; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a copy 
of the project proposal; and 
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the proposed project 
funding would supplement or supplant funding requested as 
part of the Department’s most recent budget submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department of Homeland 
Security by the Technology Modernization Fund shall be available 
for obligation until 15 days after a report on such funds has been 
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall include— 
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and approved 
by the Fund’s Technology Modernization Board;
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(2) the finalized interagency agreement between the 
Department and the Fund including the project’s deliverables 
and repayment terms, as applicable; 
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will supplement 
or supplant existing funding available to the Department for 
similar activities; 
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay the Fund, 
including specific planned funding sources, as applicable; and 
(5) other information as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 537. Within 60 days of any budget submission for the 
Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2024 that assumes 
revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based 
on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 
to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues assumed 
in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior 
to October 1, 2023. 
SEC. 538. 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. 539. No Federal funds made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security may be used to enter into a procurement 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any 
entity identified under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 540. Section 205 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) at the end of subparagraph (A), by adding 
‘‘and’’; and 
(iii) at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking ‘‘local governments, 
insular areas, and Indian tribal governments’’ and inserting 
‘‘local governments and Tribal governments’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(2) in subsection (m)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
State or an Indian tribal government that has received a major 
disaster declaration pursuant to section 401.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (10); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) as 
paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (9). 
SEC. 541. For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, for an Emergency Operations 
Center grant under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c), in addition
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to amounts otherwise available, for the project identified as the 
‘‘Vermilion Safe Room’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland Incorpora-
tion of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items’’ under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of Public 
Law 117–103. 
SEC. 542. The contents in the ‘‘Senate’’ sub column of the 
‘‘Requestor(s)’’ column for the project identified as the ‘‘Emergency 
Operations Center’’ for the recipient ‘‘Baker County Sheriff’s Office’’ 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ under the heading ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks 
and Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 in the matter preceding division 
A of Public Law 117–103 are deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘Wyden’’ and inserting ‘‘Merkley, Wyden’’. 
SEC. 543. Subsection (c) of section 16005 of title VI of division 
B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
Law 116–136) shall be applied as if the language read as follows: 
‘‘Subsection (a) shall apply until September 30, 2023.’’. 
SEC. 544. 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. 545. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on a bimonthly basis 
beginning immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, 
develop estimates of the number of noncitizens anticipated to arrive 
at the southwest border of the United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, the esti-
mates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the following fiscal 
year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to include single 
adults, family units, and unaccompanied children; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and verification 
review; 
(4) are used to inform policy planning and budgeting proc-
esses within the Department of Homeland Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials submitted to Con-
gress in support of the President’s annual budget request pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for each 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act 
and, for such budget materials shall include— 
(A) the most recent bimonthly estimates developed 
pursuant to subsection (a); 
(B) a description and quantification of the estimates 
used to justify funding requests for Department programs 
related to border security, immigration enforcement, and 
immigration services;
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(C) a description and quantification of the anticipated 
workload and requirements resulting from such estimates; 
and 
(D) a confirmation as to whether the budget requests 
for impacted agencies were developed using the same esti-
mates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates developed 
pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 546. (a) For an additional amount for the accounts, in 
the amounts, and for the purposes specified, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes— 
(1) ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’, $1,563,143,000 for border management requirements 
of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and 
(2) ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’, $339,658,000 for non-detention border 
management requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided in subsection (a)(1) shall be 
used— 
(1) to hire permanent Federal employees; 
(2) for any flight hours other than those flown by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, 
except for internal transportation of noncitizens; or 
(3) to acquire, maintain, or extend border security tech-
nology and capabilities, except for technology and capabilities 
to improve Border Patrol processing. 
(c) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Under Secretary for Management shall provide an 
expenditure plan for the use of the funds made available in sub-
section (a). 
(d) The plan required in subsection (c) shall be updated to 
reflect changes and expenditures and submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
every 60 days until all funds are expended or expired. 
SEC. 547. Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2023’’ for ‘‘the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this section’’. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 548. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
(1) $139,928,000 from the unobligated balances available 
under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’. 
(2) $12,207 from the unobligated balances available in the 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration—Transportation Secu-
rity Support’’ account (70 X 0554).
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(3) $32,750,000 from the unobligated balances available 
in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations 
and Support’’ account (70 22/23 0300). 
(4) $187,278 from the unobligated balances available in 
the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations 
and Support’’ account (70 X 0300). 
(5) $65,165 from the unobligated balances available in the 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and Local 
Programs’’ account (70 X 0560). 
(6) $50,880 from the unobligated balances available in the 
‘‘Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection—Oper-
ating Expenses’’ account (70 X 0900). 
(7) $113,000,000 from the unobligated balances available 
under the heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’. 
(8) $42,730,000 from Public Law 116–93 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’. 
(9) $19,000,000 from Public Law 116-6 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’. 
SEC. 549. The following unobligated balances made available 
to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022 
(Public Law 117–103) are rescinded: 
(1) $23,858,130 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management—Operations and Support’’. 
(2) $604,580 from ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(3) $636,170 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations 
Coordination—Operations and Support’’. 
(4) $338,830 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(5) $8,972,900 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Operations and Support’’. 
(6) $6,332,670 from ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’. 
(7) $1,250,420 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(8) 
$10,899 
from 
‘‘Federal 
Emergency 
Management 
Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(9) $3,208,190 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services—Operations and Support’’. 
(10) $459,790 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers—Operations and Support’’. 
(11) $141,630 from ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(12) $350,450 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion Office—Operations and Support’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVI-
RONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 
by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 
general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public 
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,368,969,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024; of which $76,187,000 for annual mainte-
nance and deferred maintenance programs and $147,888,000 for 
the wild horse and burro program, as authorized by Public Law 
92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the BLM 
Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau- 
related expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas 
applications for permits to drill and related use of authorizations: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $3,500,000 may be made available for the purposes 
described in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115– 
21 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $3,500,000 is for projects speci-
fied for Land Management Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration pro-
gram operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropria-
tion from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a 
final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,368,969,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from commu-
nication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost 
of administering communication site activities. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 
on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 
other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant coun-
ties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of
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lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 
or adjacent to such grant lands; $120,334,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 
to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 
equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range improvements 
from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 
to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to proc-
essing application documents and other authorizations for use and 
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 
amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 
of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 
been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 
result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 
shall be available and may be expended under the authority of 
this Act by the Secretary of the Interior to improve, protect, or 
rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau 
of Land Management which have been damaged by the action 
of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized 
person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 
such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that are in 
excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land 
for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 
be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C.
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1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 
costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 
omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the 
Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certifi-
cate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 
produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 
the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 
of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 
studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources, $1,555,684,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not 
to exceed $23,398,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 
steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $25,641,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for projects 
specified for Stewardship Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred 
to the appropriate program, project, or activity under this heading
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and shall continue to only be available for the purposes and in 
such amounts as such funds were originally appropriated. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$29,904,000, to remain available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $24,564,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered 
Species Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $5,100,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conserva-
tion Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$73,812,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $7,612,000 is 
for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for
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States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion 
of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 
$13,812,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 
provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of 
Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 
equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) 
to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum 
equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion the 
remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which 
is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears 
to the total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of 
which is based on the ratio to which the population of such State 
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided further, 
That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be 
adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum 
which is less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportion-
ment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 
percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Federal share 
of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs 
of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants 
shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: 
Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may 
not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 
That any amount apportioned in 2023 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 
2024, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 
2025, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 
public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reserva-
tion areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 
management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 
by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 
with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 
at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may
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accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees col-
lected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited 
under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 
Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the Secretary, 
without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing 
of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising 
regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the second proviso under the heading 
‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
in title I of division E of Public Law 112–74 (16 U.S.C. 742l– 
1) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’ and striking 
‘‘$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service and for the general administration of the National 
Park Service, $2,923,424,000, of which $11,661,000 for planning 
and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 
and $135,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance 
projects for constructed assets and cultural resources and 
$10,000,000 for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United 
States Code shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
are available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95– 
348: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 
Years of African-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note 
prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be made available for the purposes speci-
fied by that Act: Provided further, That sections (7)(b) and (8) 
of that Act shall be amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 1, 2024’’. 
In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Public 
Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount deposited in this 
fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services Fund established 
pursuant to such section of such Act, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived from such Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $92,512,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which $2,919,000 
shall be for projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid 
in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community 
Project 
Funding 
Items/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
Code), $204,515,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which 
$26,500,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts 
as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 
Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be 
eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to be 
funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in con-
sultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for the Historic 
Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for competitive grants for the 
survey and nomination of properties to the National Register of 
Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated 
with communities currently under-represented, as determined by 
the Secretary; $29,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve 
the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement; $11,000,000 
is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities; 
$12,500,000 is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic 
properties of national, State, and local significance listed on or 
eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, 
to be made without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions 
of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical 
Preservation Act; $10,000,000 is for a competitive grant program 
to honor the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States 
by restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding 
of the nation; and $29,115,000 is for projects specified for the 
Historic Preservation Fund in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
such competitive grants shall be made without imposing the 
matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United 
States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 
3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local govern-
ments, including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit 
organizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, and related equipment, and compliance and planning 
for programs and areas administered by the National Park Service, 
$239,803,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project initially 
funded in fiscal year 2023 with a future phase indicated in the 
National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single 
procurement may be issued which includes the full scope of the 
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232– 
18: Provided further, That National Park Service Donations, Park
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Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made 
available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the original 
scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park Service 
Construction appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 
in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to 
making any charges authorized by this section. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost 
share agreements, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That 
not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 
shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated 
cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of 
title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without 
further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National 
Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest 
or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for 
this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated 
franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. 
Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the 
sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed 
the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount 
of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify
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lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 
(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 
3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as 
authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative 
to the foregoing activities; $1,497,178,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024; of which $92,184,000 shall remain available 
until expended for satellite operations; and of which $74,840,000 
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance and 
capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in coopera-
tion with States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $2,130,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Special Initiatives in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred 
to the appropriate program, project, or activity under this heading 
and shall continue to only be available for the purposes and in 
such amounts as such funds were originally appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 
be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of 
the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by 
the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the 
negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, 
That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments as defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individ-
uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, with-
out regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purposes.
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, 
easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, 
other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as 
authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by 
law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $219,960,000, of which $182,960,000 is to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
$37,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by 
the Secretary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental 
rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees 
from activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including 
studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative 
activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 
be reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal year, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $182,960,000: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 
to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for 
oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes 
on the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $175,886,000, 
of which $153,886,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2024, and of which $22,000,000 is to remain available until 
expended, including $3,000,000 for offshore decommissioning activi-
ties: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and credited 
to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau 
of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, anal-
ysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$156,886,000. 
For an additional amount, $38,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from
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non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2023, as pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such inspection fees exceed $38,000,000, the amounts realized 
in excess of $38,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2023, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees 
expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand 
capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environ-
mental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 
including the review of applications for permits to drill. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; title 
IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, section 8201 
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95–87, $121,026,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
of which $65,000,000 shall be available for State and tribal regu-
latory grants: Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel 
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95– 
87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant 
to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, 
so as to result in a fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $121,026,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 
$33,904,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 
the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 
of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That 
funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 
be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental
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restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 
in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such 
additional amount shall be used for economic and community 
development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional amount, 
$88,042,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three 
Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs 
to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such 
section, $35,218,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 
three Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount 
of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,740,000 shall 
be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes without regard 
to their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for rec-
lamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in 
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used for economic 
and community development in conjunction with the priorities in 
section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977: Provided further, That such additional amount shall be 
allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, 
as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
$1,906,998,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 
may be for official reception and representation expenses; of which 
not to exceed $78,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may exceed such cap for welfare payments 
from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief 
to Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided further, 
That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority
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allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $63,586,000 shall remain available until 
expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, land acquisi-
tion, attorney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, 
and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $4,240,000 shall 
be for projects specified for Special Initiatives (CDS) in the table 
titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a feder-
ally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 
30, 2024, may be transferred during fiscal year 2025 to an Indian 
forest land assistance account established for the benefit of the 
holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided 
further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred 
shall expire on September 30, 2025: Provided further, That in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau 
may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles 
of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United States 
Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other funding 
available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation 
Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land consoli-
dation as authorized under the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106–462), and the American 
Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374), 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any provision of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments 
of 2000 (Public Law 106–462) that requires or otherwise relates 
to application of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions funded 
herein. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and the Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2023, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases 
pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2023, 
such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding