H. R. 7463 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extension of Continuing Appro-
priations and Other Matters Act, 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (division 
A of Public Law 118–15) is further amended— 
(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
inserting ‘‘March 22, 2024’’; and 
(2) by striking the date specified in section 106(4) and 
inserting ‘‘March 8, 2024’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Extension of Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION TO FAFSA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(g)(1) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(1)), as amended by the FAFSA 
Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116– 
260), is further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The student’s available income is equal 
to— 
‘‘(A) the difference between the student’s total income 
(determined in accordance with section 480) and the adjust-
ment to student income (determined in accordance with 
paragraph (2)); multiplied by 
‘‘(B) 50 percent, 
except that the amount determined under this paragraph shall 
not be less than -$1,500 for award year 2024–2025 and not 
less than zero for award year 2025–2026 and each award year 
thereafter.’’. 
(b) APPROPRIATION.—Section 401(b)(7)(A) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A))), as amended by the 
FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 
116–260), is further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any funds appro-
priated under paragraph (6) and any funds made available 
for this section under any appropriations Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated 
(out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated) to carry out this section— 
‘‘(i) $1,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(ii) $3,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(iii) $2,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(iv) $1,236,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(c) 
NO
EFFECT
ON
PREVIOUS
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
401(b)(7)(B)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)(7)(B)(i)), as amended by the FAFSA Simplification Act 
(title VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260) and section 102(b) 
of the FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act (division 
R of Public Law 117–103), is amended by striking ‘‘or 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023, or 2024’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect and apply as if included in the FAFSA Simplifica-
tion Act and in accordance with section 701(b) of such Act, as 
amended by section 102(a) of the FAFSA Simplification Act Tech-
nical Corrections Act (division R of Public Law 117–103) (including 
the authorization provided under section 102(c)(1)(A) of such Act). 
SEC. 102. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 
of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You- 
Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 
for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
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(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
appropriation Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.