SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Responsibility 
Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
DIVISION A—LIMIT FEDERAL SPENDING 
TITLE I—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR 
DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY 
Sec. 101. Discretionary spending limits. 
Sec. 102. Special adjustments for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. 
Sec. 103. Budgetary treatment of previously enacted emergency requirements. 
TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 111. Authority for Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Resolution in the House of 
Representatives. 
Sec. 112. Limitation on Advance Appropriations in the House of Representa-
tives. 
Sec. 113. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE SENATE 
Sec. 121. Authority for fiscal year 2024 budget resolution in the Senate. 
Sec. 122. Authority for fiscal year 2025 budget resolution in the Senate. 
Sec. 123. Limitation on advance appropriations in the Senate. 
Sec. 124. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
DIVISION B—SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS 
TITLE I—RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS 
Sec. 1. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 2. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 3. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 4. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 5. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 6. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 7. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 8. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 9. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 10. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 11. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 12. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 13. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 14. Rescission of unobligated funds.
Sec. 15. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 16. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 17. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 18. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 19. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 20. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 21. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 22. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 23. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 24. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 25. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 26. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 27. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 28. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 29. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 30. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 31. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 32. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 33. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 34. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 35. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 36. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 37. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 38. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 39. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 40. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 41. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 42. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 43. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 44. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 45. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 46. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 47. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 48. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 49. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 50. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 51. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 52. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 53. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 54. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 55. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 56. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 57. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 58. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 59. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 60. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 61. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 62. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 63. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 64. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 65. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 66. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 67. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 68. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 69. Rescission of unobligated funds.
Sec. 70. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 71. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 72. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 73. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 74. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 75. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 76. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 77. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 78. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 79. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 80. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
Sec. 81. Rescission of unobligated funds. 
TITLE II—FAMILY AND SMALL BUSINESS TAXPAYER 
PROTECTION 
Sec. 251. Rescission of certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
TITLE III—STATUTORY ADMINISTRATIVE PAY-AS-YOU-GO 
Sec. 261. Short title. 
Sec. 262. Definitions. 
Sec. 263. Requirements for administrative actions that affect direct spending. 
Sec. 264. Issuance of administrative guidance. 
Sec. 265. Waiver. 
Sec. 266. Exemption. 
Sec. 267. Judicial review. 
Sec. 268. Sunset. 
Sec. 269. GAO report. 
Sec. 270. Congressional Review Act compliance assessment. 
TITLE IV—TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS ON 
FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS; RESUMPTION OF ACCRUAL OF IN-
TEREST AND COLLECTIONS 
Sec. 271. Termination of suspension of payments on Federal student loans; re-
sumption of accrual of interest and collections. 
DIVISION C—GROW THE ECONOMY 
TITLE I—TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
Sec. 301. Recalibration of the caseload reduction credit. 
Sec. 302. Pilot projects for promoting accountability by measuring work out-
comes. 
Sec. 303. Elimination of small checks scheme. 
Sec. 304. Reporting of work outcomes. 
Sec. 305. Effective date. 
TITLE II—SNAP EXEMPTIONS 
Sec. 311. Modification of work requirement exemptions. 
Sec. 312. Modification of general exemptions. 
Sec. 313. Supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008. 
Sec. 314. Waiver transparency.
TITLE III—PERMITTING REFORM 
Sec. 321. Builder Act. 
Sec. 322. Interregional Transfer Capability Determination Study. 
Sec. 323. Permitting streamlining for energy storage. 
Sec. 324. Expediting completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. 
DIVISION D—INCREASE IN DEBT LIMIT 
Sec. 401. Temporary extension of public debt limit. 
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 divi-
sion. 
DIVISION A—LIMIT FEDERAL 
SPENDING 
TITLE 
I—DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING LIMITS FOR DIS-
CRETIONARY CATEGORY 
SEC. 101. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) for fiscal year 2024— 
‘‘(A) for the revised security category, 
$886,349,000,000 in new budget authority; and
‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category; 
$703,651,000,000 in new budget authority; and 
‘‘(10) for fiscal year 2025— 
‘‘(A) for the revised security category, 
$895,212,000,000 in new budget authority; and 
‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category; 
$710,688,000,000 in new budget authority;’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
ADJUST-
MENTS.— 
(1) CONTINUING
DISABILITY
REVIEWS
AND 
REDERMINATIONS.—Section 251(b)(2)(B)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended— 
(A) in subclause (IX), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (X), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (X) the 
following: 
‘‘(XI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$1,578,000,000 in additional new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(XII) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$1,630,000,000 in additional new budget 
authority.’’.
tions provided in the previous 10 
years, net of any rescissions of budget 
authority enacted in the same period, 
with respect to amounts provided for 
major disasters declared pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and designated 
by the Congress in statute as an 
emergency; and’’. 
(4) REEMPLOYMENT
SERVICES
AND
ELIGI-
BILITY
ASSESSMENTS.—Section 251(b)(2)(E)(i) of 
such Act is amended— 
(A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (IV), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (IV) the 
following: 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$265,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; and 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$271,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SE-
QUESTRATION REPORTS.—Section 254 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 904) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
(d) APPROPRIATION FOR COST OF WAR TOXIC EXPO-
SURES FUND.—In addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes, there are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for in-
vestment in the delivery of veterans’ health care associated 
with exposure to environmental hazards, the expenses inci-
dent to the delivery of veterans’ health care and benefits 
associated with exposure to environmental hazards, and 
medical and other research relating to exposure to envi-
ronmental hazards, as authorized by section 324 of title 
38, United States Code— 
(1) $20,268,000,000, which shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028; and 
(2) $24,455,000,000, which shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2029.
(e) APPROPRIATION
FOR DEPARTMENT
OF COM-
MERCE NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund for 
fiscal year 2023, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $22,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which— 
(A) $11,000,000,000 is to carry out pro-
grams related to Government efficiencies in fis-
cal year 2024; and 
(B) $11,000,000,000 is to carry out pro-
grams related to Government efficiencies in fis-
cal year 2025. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFER.—Funds pro-
vided by paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any 
transfer authority provided by law. 
(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENTS.—Reporting re-
quirements in section 111(a) of division B of Public 
Law 116–93 shall apply to funds provided by para-
graph (1). 
(4) STATUTORY
PAYGO
SCORECARDS.—The 
budgetary effects of this subsection shall not be en-
tered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursu-
ant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go 
Act of 2010. 
(5) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
etary effects of this subsection and each succeeding 
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO score-
card maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(6) 
CLASSIFICATION
OF
BUDGETARY
EF-
FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint ex-
planatory statement of the committee of conference 
accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and sec-
tion 250(c)(7) and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this subsection shall be esti-
mated for purposes of section 251 of such Act and 
as appropriations for discretionary accounts for pur-
poses of the allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 and the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget. 
(f) ADDITIONAL SPENDING LIMITS.—For purposes 
of section 302(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974, in the following applica-
ble fiscal years, the following discretionary spending limits 
shall apply: 
(1) Fiscal year 2026, $1,621,959,000,000. 
(2) Fiscal year 2027, $1,638,179,000,000. 
(3) Fiscal year 2028, $1,654,560,000,000. 
(4) Fiscal year 2029, $1,671,106,000,000. 
SEC. 102. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024 
AND 2025. 
Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
if on or after January 1, 2024, there is in effect an 
Act making continuing appropriations for part of 
fiscal year 2024 for any discretionary budget ac-
count, the discretionary spending limits specified in 
subsection (c)(9) for fiscal year 2024 shall be ad-
justed in the final sequestration report, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2), as follows: 
‘‘(A) For the revised security category, the 
amount that is equal to the total budget au-
thority for such category for base funding, as 
published in the Congressional Budget Office
cost estimate for the applicable appropriations 
Acts for the preceding fiscal year (table 1–S of 
H.R. 2617, published on December 21, 2022), 
reduced by one percent. 
‘‘(B) For the revised non-security category, 
the amount that is equal to the total budget au-
thority for such category for base funding as 
published in the Congressional Budget Office 
cost estimate for the applicable appropriations 
Acts for the preceding fiscal year (table 1–S of 
H.R. 2617, published on December 21, 2022), 
reduced by one percent. 
‘‘(2) 
FINAL
REPORT; 
SEQUESTRATION 
ORDER.—If the conditions specified in paragraph (1) 
are met during fiscal year 2024, the final sequestra-
tion report for such fiscal year pursuant to section 
254(f)(1) and any order pursuant to section 
254(f)(5) shall be issued on the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) 10 days, not including weekends and 
holidays, for the Congressional Budget Office 
and 15 days, not including weekends and holi-
days, for the Office of Management and Budget 
and the President, after the enactment into law 
of annual full-year appropriations for all budget 
accounts that normally receive such annual ap-
propriations (or the enactment of the applicable 
full-year appropriations Acts without any provi-
sion for such accounts); or 
‘‘(B) April 30, 2024. 
‘‘(3) REVERSAL.—If, after January 1, 2024, 
there are enacted into law each of the full year dis-
cretionary appropriation Acts, then the adjustment 
to the applicable discretionary spending limits in 
paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect, and the 
discretionary spending limits for the revised security 
category and revised nonsecurity category for the 
applicable fiscal year shall be such limits as in effect 
on December 31 of the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
if on or after January 1, 2025, there is in effect an 
Act making continuing appropriations for part of 
fiscal year 2025 for any discretionary budget ac-
count, the discretionary spending limits specified in 
subsection (c)(10) for fiscal year 2025 shall be ad-
justed in the final sequestration report, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2), as follows:
‘‘(A) for the revised security category, the 
amount calculated for such category in section 
(d)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) for the revised non-security category, 
the amount calculated for each category in sec-
tion (d)(1)(B). 
‘‘(2) 
FINAL
REPORT; 
SEQUESTRATION 
ORDER.—If the conditions specified in paragraph (1) 
are met during fiscal year 2025, the final sequestra-
tion report for such fiscal year pursuant to section 
254(f)(1) and any order pursuant to section 
254(f)(5) shall be issued on the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) 10 days, not including weekends and 
holidays, for the Congressional Budget Office, 
and 15 days, not including weekends and holi-
days, for the Office of Management and Budget 
and the President, after the enactment into law 
of annual full-year appropriations for all budget 
accounts that normally receive such annual ap-
propriations (or the enactment of the applicable 
full-year appropriations Acts without any provi-
sion for such accounts); or 
‘‘(B) April 30, 2025. 
‘‘(3) REVERSAL.—If, after January 1, 2025, 
there are enacted into law each of the full year dis-
cretionary appropriation Acts, then the adjustment 
to the applicable discretionary spending limits in 
paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect, and the 
discretionary spending limits for the revised security 
category and revised nonsecurity category for the 
applicable fiscal year shall be such limits as in effect 
on December 31 of the applicable fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 103. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY EN-
ACTED EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 905(c) of 
division J of Public Law 117–58 and section 23005(c) of 
division B of Public Law 117–159, Rule 3 of the Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying 
Conference Report 105–217, and sections 250(c)(7) and 
(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects for any fiscal 
year for the amounts specified in subsection (b) shall not 
count for purposes of section 251 of such Act. 
(b) AMOUNTS.—The amounts specified in this sub-
section are— 
(1) amounts designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2022, in division B of the 
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Public Law 
117–159); 
(2) amounts designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 in division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(3) amounts designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of 
H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) in section 443(b) in 
division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328). 
TITLE 
II—BUDGET 
ENFORCE-
MENT IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES 
SEC. 111. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET RES-
OLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 
2024, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for
in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representa-
tives in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2024 with appropriate budg-
etary levels for fiscal year 2024 and for fiscal years 2025 
through 2033. 
(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND 
LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, the Chair of 
the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement 
for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as 
practicable containing— 
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com-
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2024 consistent 
with discretionary spending limits set forth in sec-
tion 251(c)(9) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as added by this 
Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and com-
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2024 for current 
law mandatory budget authority and outlays, for the 
purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974; 
(2) for all committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives other than the Committee on Appropria-
tions, committee allocations for fiscal year 2024 and 
for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2033 
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 
practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi-
sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 
the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 
date of submission of such statement, for the pur-
pose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; 
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 
2024 in accordance with the allocations established 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en-
forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974; and 
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2024 
and for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2033 
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 
practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi-
sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 
the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 
date of submission of such statement, for the pur-
pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Chair of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust
the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in-
cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 
(1) to reflect changes resulting from the Con-
gressional Budget Office’s updates to its baseline for 
fiscal years 2024 through 2033; or 
(2) for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the def-
icit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 
year 2024 to fiscal year 2028 or fiscal year 2024 to 
fiscal year 2033. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—Subsections (a) through (c) shall 
no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2024 is agreed to by the Senate and House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 112. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
except as provided in subsection (b), any general appro-
priation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro-
priations, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, may not provide an advance appropriation. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 
provided for programs, activities or accounts identified in
lists submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 
(1) for fiscal year 2025, under the heading 
‘‘ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPRO-
PRIATIONS’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority; 
(2) for fiscal year 2025, under the heading 
‘‘VETERANS
ACCOUNTS
IDENTIFIED
FOR
AD-
VANCE APPROPRIATIONS’’; and 
(3) for fiscal year 2025, under the heading ‘‘IN-
DIAN HEALTH ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR AD-
VANCE
APPROPRIATIONS’’ 
in 
an 
aggregate 
amount not to exceed the total budget authority pro-
vided for such accounts for fiscal year 2024 in bills 
or joint resolutions making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2024. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ 
means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 
a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con-
tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, or any amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be-
comes available following fiscal year 2024. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The preceding subsections of this 
section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et for fiscal year 2024 is agreed to by the Senate and
the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 113. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
This title is enacted by the House of Representa-
tives— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House, and as such shall be considered as part 
of the rules of the House, and such rules shall su-
persede other rules only to the extent that it is in-
consistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House to change such rules (so far as 
relating to the House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of the House. 
TITLE III—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT IN THE SENATE 
SEC. 121. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET RES-
OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 
et seq.) and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior 
concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, ag-
gregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall 
apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2024 with 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2024 and for 
fiscal years 2025 through 2033. 
(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND 
LEVELS.—The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
of the Senate shall submit a statement for publication in 
the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act that includes— 
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, committee allocations for fiscal year 2024 
consistent with the discretionary spending limits set 
forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended 
by this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, for 
the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974; 
(2) for all committees other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 
fiscal years 2024, 2024 through 2028, and 2024 
through 2033, consistent with the May 2023 base-
line of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 
for the budgetary effects of any provision of law en-
acted during the period beginning on the date such 
baseline was issued and ending on the date of sub-
mission of such statement, for the purpose of enforc-
ing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 
2024 in accordance with the allocations established 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en-
forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642); 
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 
2024, 2024 through 2028, and 2024 through 2033, 
consistent with the May 2023 baseline of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg-
etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 
the period beginning on the date such baseline was 
issued and ending on the date of submission of such 
statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
642); 
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and out-
lays for fiscal years 2024, 2024 through 2028, and 
2024 through 2033, consistent with the May 2023 
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad-
justed for the budgetary effects of any provision of 
law enacted during the period beginning on the date 
such baseline was issued and ending on the date of 
submission of such statement, for the purpose of en-
forcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642); and 
(6) a statement under the heading ‘‘Accounts 
Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ for the pur-
pose of enforcing section 123 of this title. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The statement referred 
to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2024 
the deficit-neutral reserve fund in section 3003 of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, updated by 2 fiscal years. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2024 is 
agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 
pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 122. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET RES-
OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2025.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 
et seq.), after April 15, 2024, and enforcing budgetary 
points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the 
budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for 
in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same 
manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2025 with appropriate budgetary levels for fis-
cal year 2025 and for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. 
(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND 
LEVELS.—After April 15, 2024, but not later than May 
15, 2024, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
of the Senate shall submit a statement for publication in 
the Congressional Record that includes— 
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, committee allocations for fiscal year 2025 
consistent with the discretionary spending limits set 
forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended 
by this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, for 
the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 
(2) for all committees other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 
fiscal years 2025, 2025 through 2029, and 2025 
through 2034 consistent with the most recent base-
line of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 
for the budgetary effects of any provision of law en-
acted during the period beginning on the date such 
baseline is issued and ending on the date of submis-
sion of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing
section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 
2025 in accordance with the allocations established 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en-
forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642); 
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 
2025, 2025 through 2029, and 2025 through 2034 
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg-
etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 
the period beginning on the date such baseline is 
issued and ending on the date of submission of such 
statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
642); 
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and out-
lays for fiscal years 2025, 2025 through 2029, and 
2025 through 2034 consistent with the most recent 
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad-
justed for the budgetary effects of any provision of 
law enacted during the period beginning on the date 
such baseline is issued and ending on the date of 
submission of such statement, for the purpose of en-
forcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642); and 
(6) a statement under the heading ‘‘Accounts 
Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ for the pur-
pose of enforcing section 123 of this title. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The statement referred 
to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2025 
the deficit-neutral reserve fund in section 3003 of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, updated by 3 fiscal years. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025 is 
agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 
pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 
THE SENATE. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPRO-
PRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) POINT
OF
ORDER.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order 
in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, motion, amendment, amendment between 
the Houses, or conference report that would
provide an advance appropriation for a discre-
tionary account. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new 
budget authority provided in a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 that first becomes available for any fiscal 
year after 2024 or any new budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2025 that first be-
comes available for any fiscal year after 2025. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may 
be provided— 
(A) for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, for 
programs, projects, activities, or accounts iden-
tified in a statement submitted to the Congres-
sional Record by the Chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the Senate under the 
heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Ap-
propriations’’ in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget author-
ity in each fiscal year; 
(B) for the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting;
(C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for the Medical Services, Medical Support and 
Compliance, 
Veterans 
Medical 
Community 
Care, and Medical Facilities accounts of the 
Veterans Health Administration; and 
(D) for the Department of Health and 
Human Services for the Indian Health Services 
and Indian Health Facilities accounts— 
(i) for fiscal year 2025, in an amount 
that is not more than the amount provided 
for fiscal year 2024 in a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2023 or 2024 for programs, projects, 
and activities that are not prohibited from 
using amounts provided for fiscal year 
2024 in a bill or joint resolution making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023; and 
(ii) for fiscal year 2026, in an amount 
that is not more than the amount provided 
for fiscal year 2025 in a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2024 or 2025 for programs, projects, 
and activities that are not prohibited from 
using amounts provided for fiscal year
2025 in a bill or joint resolution making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024. 
(3) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
(A) WAIVER.—In the Senate, paragraph 
(1) may be waived or suspended only by an af-
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 
duly chosen and sworn. 
(B) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of 
three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 
of order raised under paragraph (1). 
(4) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 
order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Sen-
ator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 
(5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 
is considering a conference report on, or an amend-
ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or 
joint resolution, upon a point of order being made 
by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and 
such point of order being sustained, such material 
contained in such conference report or amendment 
between the Houses shall be stricken, and the Sen-
ate shall proceed to consider the question of whether
the Senate shall recede from its amendment and 
concur with a further amendment, or concur in the 
House amendment with a further amendment, as 
the case may be, which further amendment shall 
consist of only that portion of the conference report 
or House amendment, as the case may be, not so 
stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be de-
batable. In any case in which such point of order is 
sustained against a conference report (or Senate 
amendment derived from such conference report by 
operation of this paragraph), no further amendment 
shall be in order. 
(b) EXPIRATION.—Subsection (a) shall terminate on 
the date on which a concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2024 or for fiscal year 2025 is agreed to 
by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to 
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 124. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
This title is enacted by the Senate— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate, and as such shall be considered as part 
of the rules of the Senate, and such rules shall su-
persede other rules only to the extent that it is in-
consistent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the Senate to change such rules (so far as 
relating to the Senate) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of the Senate. 
DIVISION B—SAVE TAXPAYER 
DOLLARS 
TITLE I—RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED 
FUNDS 
SEC. 1. Each rescission made by this title shall be 
applied to the unobligated balances for each applicable ap-
propriation as of the date of enactment of this title. 
SEC. 2. The unobligated balances from the following 
appropriations, in the following amounts and subject to 
the conditions specified below, are hereby permanently re-
scinded: 
(1) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in title III of 
division A of Public Law 116–123, including any 
funds transferred from such heading that remain 
unobligated, with the exception of $59,000,000. 
(2) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in title V of
division A of Public Law 116–127, including any 
funds transferred from such heading that remain 
unobligated. 
(3) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in title VIII 
of division B of Public Law 116–136, including any 
funds transferred from such heading that remain 
unobligated, with the exception of $2,127,000,000 
and— 
(A) any funds that were transferred and 
merged with the Covered Countermeasure Proc-
ess Fund authorized by section 319F–4 of the 
Public Health Service Act; and 
(B) any funds that were transferred and 
merged with funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of In-
spector General’’ pursuant to section 18113 of 
title VIII of division B of Public Law 116–136. 
(4) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available in the first paragraph under the 
heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emer-
gency Fund’’ in title I of division B of Public Law 
116–139, including any funds transferred from such 
heading that remain unobligated, with the exception
of $300,000,000, which shall remain available for 
necessary expenses for program administration and 
oversight. 
(5) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available in the second paragraph under the 
heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emer-
gency Fund’’ in title I of division B of Public Law 
116–139, including any funds transferred from such 
heading that remain unobligated, with the exception 
of $243,000,000 and any funds that were trans-
ferred and merged with funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of In-
spector General’’ pursuant to section 103 of title I 
of division B of Public Law 116–139. 
(6) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in title III of 
division M of Public Law 116–260, including any 
funds transferred from such heading that remain 
unobligated, with the exception of $205,000,000. 
(7) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention—CDC–Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’ in title III of division A of 
Public Law 116–123, including any funds trans-
ferred from such heading that remain unobligated, 
with the exception of $195,000,000 and any funds 
that were transferred and merged with the Infec-
tious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-
lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 
115–245. 
(8) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention—CDC–Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’ in title VIII of division B of 
Public Law 116–136, including any funds trans-
ferred from such heading that remain unobligated, 
with the exception of $446,000,000 and any funds 
that were transferred and merged with the Infec-
tious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-
lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 
115–245. 
(9) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention—CDC–Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’ in title III of division M of 
Public Law 116–260, including any funds trans-
ferred from such heading that remain unobligated, 
with the exception of $177,000,000.
(10) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘National Insti-
tutes of Health—National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases’’ in title III of division A of Pub-
lic Law 116–123, including any funds transferred 
from such heading that remain unobligated. 
(11) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available to ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services—Program Management’’ in title VIII of di-
vision B of Public Law 116–136. 
(12) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2301 of Public Law 117– 
2, with the exception of $103,000,000. 
(13) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2302 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(14) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2303 of Public Law 117– 
2, with the exception of $69,000,000. 
(15) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2401 of Public Law 117– 
2, with the exception of $7,323,000,000. 
(16) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2402 of Public Law 117– 
2, with the exception of $714,000,000.
(17) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2403 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(18) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2501 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(19) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2502 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(20) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2601 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(21) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2602 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(22) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2603 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(23) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2604 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(24) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2605 of Public Law 117– 
2.
(25) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2703 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(26) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2704 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(27) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2705 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(28) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2711 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(29) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2712 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(30) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 2801 of Public Law 117– 
2. 
(31) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 3101 of Public Law 117– 
2, with the exception of $793,000,000. 
(32) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 511A(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act, as added by section 9101 of Public Law 
117–2.
(33) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 1150C(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act, as added by section 9911 of Public Law 
117–2. 
(34) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 1947(e) of the Social Se-
curity Act, as added by section 9813 of Public Law 
117–2. 
(35) All of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available by section 1862(g)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, as added by section 9401 of Public 
Law 117–2. 
SEC. 3. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Agricultural Programs—Of-
fice of the Secretary’’ in title I of division B of Public 
Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 4. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 751 in title VII of division N of Public 
Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded, except 
for funds made available by section 601 of division HH 
of Public Law 117–328. 
SEC. 5. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 753 in title VII of division N of Public 
Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded.
SEC. 6. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 754 in title VII of division N of Public 
Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 7. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 762(i) in title VII of division N of 
Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 8. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 764(f) in title VII of division N of 
Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 9. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 1001 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 10. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available by section 4027 of title IV of division A 
of Public Law 116–136, $200,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 11. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available by section 4120 of title IV of division A 
of Public Law 116–136, $295,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 12. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 7301(c) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 13. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 104A(m) of the Community Develop-
ment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), as added by section 522 of title V 
of division N of Public Law 116–260 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded, with the exception of $284,500,000, 
which shall remain available for necessary expenses associ-
ated with the making of awards announced prior to the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 14. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available by section 3301(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 
117–2, $150,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 15. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 411 in subtitle A of title IV of division 
N of Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 16. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by subsection (a) of section 2206 of Public Law 
117–2 are hereby permanently rescinded, with the excep-
tion of amounts allocated under paragraphs (6) and (7) 
of subsection (b) of such section. 
SEC. 17. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2001 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 18. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2002 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
SEC. 19. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2003 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 20. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Adminis-
tration—Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ in title IV of 
division M of Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 21. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 7202(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 22. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by sections 5002(b) and 5006(a)(2) of Public 
Law 117–2, including any amounts transferred and 
merged with ‘‘Small Business Administration—Disaster 
Loans 
Program 
Account’’ 
pursuant 
to 
section 
90007(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 117–58 that remain unobli-
gated, are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 23. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Independent Agencies— 
Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Program 
Account’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 116–139 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 24. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available by section 2118(a) of title II of division
A of Public Law 116–136, as added by section 9032 of 
Public Law 117–2, $1,000,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 25. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Ten-
ant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in title XII of division B 
of Public Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 26. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Native 
American Programs’’ in title XII of division B of Public 
Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 27. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Housing Programs—Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities’’ in title XII of division B of 
Public Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 28. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Housing Programs—Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ in title XII of division B of Public Law 
116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 29. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and
Urban Development—Housing Programs—Housing for 
the Elderly’’ in title XII of division B of Public Law 116– 
136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 30. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 3208(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 31. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation—Office of the Secretary—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
in title XII of division B of Public Law 116–136 are here-
by permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 32. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation—Office of the Secretary—Essential Air Service’’ in 
title XII of division B of Public Law 116–136 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 33. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation—Federal Aviation Administration—Grants-In-Aid 
for Airports’’ in title XII of division B of Public Law 116– 
136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 34. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 7101 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
SEC. 35. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 7102(a)(1) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 36. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 501(a)(1) of title V of division N of 
Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 37. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 9601(d)(1) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 38. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 4009 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 39. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice— 
General Administration—Justice Information Sharing 
Technology’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 116– 
136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 40. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Department of De-
fense—Procurement—Defense 
Production 
Act 
Pur-
chases’’ in title III of division B of Public Law 116–136, 
$61,381,230 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 41. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of State—Ad-
ministration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic Programs’’
in title XI of division B of Public Law 116–136 and subse-
quently transferred to the Department of State’s ‘‘Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ account are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 42. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance—Department of State—Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ in title XI of division B of Public Law 116–136 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 43. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ in title XI of division B of 
Public Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 44. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of State—Ad-
ministration of Foreign Affairs—Sudan Claims’’ in title 
IX of division K of Public Law 116–260 are hereby per-
manently rescinded. 
SEC. 45. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Economic 
Support Fund’’ in title IX of division K of Public Law 
116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded.
SEC. 46. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Federal Communications 
Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of division 
B of Public Law 116–136 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 47. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Independent Agencies— 
Small 
Business 
Administration—Emergency 
EIDL 
Grants’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 116–139 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 48. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 323(d)(1)(B) of title III of division 
N of Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 49. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 323(d)(1)(E)(i) of title III of division 
N of Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 50. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 902(c)(5) of title IX of division N of 
Public Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 51. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 905(b) of title IX of division N of Pub-
lic Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded.
SEC. 52. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 5003(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 117–2 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 53. The unobligated balances of amounts de-
scribed in the tenth proviso under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
tration for Children and Families—Payments to States 
for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’ in title 
III of division M of Public Law 116–260 are hereby per-
manently rescinded. 
SEC. 54. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2201(b) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 55. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2204(d)(1) of Public Law 117–2, in-
cluding any amounts made available by amendments made 
by such section, are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 56. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2205 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 57. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2912(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 58. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 403(c) of the Social Security Act, as
added by section 9201 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 59. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 816(f) of the Native American Pro-
grams Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d(f)), as added by sec-
tion 11004 of Public Law 117–2, are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 60. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Rural Development Pro-
grams—Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Tele-
medicine, and Broadband Program’’ in title I of division 
B of Public Law 116–136 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 61. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 752 of title VII of division N of Public 
Law 116–260 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 62. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 1002(c) of Public Law 117–2, are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 63. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 3207(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 64. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—En-
ergy Programs—Science’’ in title IV of division B of Pub-
lic Law 116–136 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 65. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 6003 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 66. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 11002(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 67. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Department of Education— 
Departmental Management—Program Administration’’ in 
title III of division M of Public Law 116–260 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 68. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2007 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 69. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2010 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 70. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2011 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 71. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 11006 of Public Law 117–2 are here-
by permanently rescinded.
SEC. 72. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available by section 6002(a) of Public Law 117–2, 
all but $22,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 73. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2101(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded, with the exception of 
$1,892,718 for the Office of the Solicitor within the De-
partmental Management account and amounts allocated 
for the Office of Inspector General under paragraph (2) 
of subsection (b) of such section. 
SEC. 74. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2110(g) of Public Law 116–136, as 
amended, are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 75. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘General Services Administra-
tion—General Activities—Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 
in title V of division B of Public Law 116–136 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 76. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2021 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 77. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2022 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
SEC. 78. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2023 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 79. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2(c)(2)(D)(v) of the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(v)), as 
amended, are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 80. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 2904 of Public Law 117–2 are hereby 
permanently rescinded, with the exception of $500,000 for 
the Railroad Retirement Board Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 81. The unobligated balances of amounts made 
available by section 7404(a) of Public Law 117–2 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
TITLE II—FAMILY AND SMALL 
BUSINESS 
TAXPAYER 
PRO-
TECTION 
SEC. 251. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. 
Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for activities of the Internal 
Revenue Service by paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), (1)(A)(iii), 
(1)(B), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 10301 of Public 
Law 117–169 (commonly known as the ‘‘Inflation Reduc-
tion Act of 2022’’) as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, $1,389,525,000 are hereby rescinded. 
TITLE III—STATUTORY ADMINIS-
TRATIVE PAY-AS-YOU-GO 
SEC. 261. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Administrative Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 262. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘administrative action’’ means a 
‘‘rule’’ as defined in section 804(3) of title 5, United 
States Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any authority of 
the United States that is an ‘‘agency’’ under section 
3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, other than 
those considered to be independent regulatory agen-
cies, as defined in section 3502(5) of such title; 
(3) the term ‘‘covered discretionary administra-
tive action’’ means a discretionary administrative ac-
tion that would affect direct spending; 
(4) the term ‘‘direct spending’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 250(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(2 U.S.C. 900(c));
(5) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget; 
(6) the term ‘‘discretionary administrative ac-
tion’’— 
(A) means any administrative action that 
is not required by law; and 
(B) includes an administrative action re-
quired by law for which an agency has discre-
tion in the manner in which to implement the 
administrative action; and 
(7) the term ‘‘increase direct spending’’ means 
that the amount of direct spending would increase 
relative to— 
(A) the most recently submitted projection 
of the amount of direct spending presented in 
baseline estimates as defined in section 257 of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, under— 
(i) the budget of the President sub-
mitted under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code; or 
(ii) the supplemental summary of the 
budget submitted under section 1106 of 
title 31, United States Code;
(B) with respect to a discretionary admin-
istrative action that is incorporated into the ap-
plicable projection described in subparagraph 
(A) and for which a proposal has not been sub-
mitted under section 263(a)(2)(A), a projection 
of the amount of direct spending if no adminis-
trative action were taken; or 
(C) with respect to a discretionary admin-
istrative action described in paragraph (6)(B), 
a projection of the amount of direct spending 
under the least costly implementation option 
reasonably identifiable by the agency that meets 
the requirements under the statute. 
SEC. 263. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS 
THAT AFFECT DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before an agency may final-
ize any covered discretionary administrative action, 
the head of the agency shall submit to the Director 
for review written notice regarding the covered dis-
cretionary administrative action, which shall include 
an estimate of the budgetary effects of the covered 
discretionary administrative action. 
(2) INCREASING DIRECT SPENDING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the covered discre-
tionary administrative action would increase di-
rect spending, the written notice submitted by 
the head of the agency under paragraph (1) 
shall include a proposal to undertake 1 or more 
other administrative actions that would provide 
a reduction in direct spending greater than or 
equal to the increase in direct spending attrib-
utable to the covered discretionary administra-
tive action. 
(B) REVIEW.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 
determine whether the reduction in direct 
spending in a proposal in a written notice 
from an agency under subparagraph (A) is 
greater than or equal to the increase in di-
rect spending attributable to the covered 
discretionary 
administrative 
action 
to 
which the written notice relates. 
(ii) NO OFFSET.—If the written notice 
regarding a proposed covered discretionary 
administrative action that would increase 
direct spending does not include a proposal 
to offset the increased direct spending as 
determined in clause (i), the Director shall
return the written notice to the agency for 
resubmission in accordance with this title. 
(b) NONDISCRETIONARY ACTIONS.—If an agency de-
termines that an administrative action that would increase 
direct spending is required by law and therefore is not a 
covered discretionary administrative action, before the 
agency finalizes that administrative action, the head of the 
agency shall— 
(1) submit to the Director a written opinion by 
the general counsel of the agency, or the equivalent 
employee of the agency, explaining that legal conclu-
sion; 
(2) submit to the Director a projection of the 
amount of direct spending under the least costly im-
plementation option reasonably identifiable by the 
agency that meets the requirements under the stat-
ute; and 
(3) consult with the Director regarding imple-
mentation of the administrative action. 
(c) PROJECTIONS.—Any projection for purposes of 
this title shall be conducted in accordance with Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–11, or any successor 
thereto.
SEC. 264. ISSUANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director shall issue instructions regarding 
the implementation of this title, including how covered dis-
cretionary administrative actions that increase direct 
spending and nontax receipts will be evaluated. 
SEC. 265. WAIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may waive the re-
quirements of section 263 if the Director concludes that 
the waiver— 
(1) is necessary for the delivery of essential 
services; or 
(2) is necessary for effective program delivery. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Any waiver determination under 
subsection (a) shall be published in the Federal Register. 
SEC. 266. EXEMPTION. 
This title shall not apply to administrative actions 
with direct spending cost of less than— 
(1) $1,000,000,000 over the 10-year period be-
ginning with the current year; or 
(2) $100,000,000 in any given year during such 
10-year period. 
SEC. 267. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
No determination, finding, action, or omission under 
this title shall be subject to judicial review.
SEC. 268. SUNSET. 
This title shall expire on December 31, 2024. 
SEC. 269. GAO REPORT. 
Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall issue a report on the imple-
mentation of this title. 
SEC. 270. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT COMPLIANCE AS-
SESSMENT. 
Section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘compliance with procedural 
steps required by paragraph (1)(B)’’ the following: ‘‘, and 
shall in addition include an assessment of the agency’s 
compliance with such requirements of the Administrative 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 as may be applicable’’. 
TITLE 
IV—TERMINATION 
OF 
SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS 
ON 
FEDERAL 
STUDENT 
LOANS; RESUMPTION OF AC-
CRUAL 
OF 
INTEREST 
AND 
COLLECTIONS 
SEC. 271. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS ON 
FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS; RESUMPTION OF 
ACCRUAL OF INTEREST AND COLLECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sixty days after June 30, 2023, 
the waivers and modifications described in subsection (c) 
shall cease to be effective.
(b) PROHIBITION.—Except as expressly authorized 
by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Education may not use any 
authority to implement an extension of any executive ac-
tion or rule specified in subsection (c). 
(c) WAIVERS
AND MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED.— 
The waivers and modifications described in this subsection 
are the waivers and modifications of statutory and regu-
latory provisions relating to an extension of the suspension 
of payments on certain loans and waivers of interest on 
such loans under section 3513 of the CARES Act (20 
U.S.C. 1001 note)— 
(1) described by the Department of Education 
in the Federal Register on October 12, 2022 (87 
Fed. Reg. 61513 et seq.); and 
(2) most recently extended in the announce-
ment by the Department of Education on November 
22, 2022.
DIVISION C—GROW THE 
ECONOMY 
TITLE 
I—TEMPORARY 
ASSIST-
ANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
SEC. 301. RECALIBRATION OF THE CASELOAD REDUCTION 
CREDIT. 
Section 407(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 607(b)(3)) is amended in each of subparagraphs 
(A)(ii) and (B), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
SEC. 302. PILOT PROJECTS FOR PROMOTING ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BY MEASURING WORK OUTCOMES. 
Section 411 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
611) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PROMOTING ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BY MEASURING WORK OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a pilot program under which the Secretary may 
select up to 5 States to which a grant is made under 
section 403(a) for a fiscal year to negotiate perform-
ance benchmarks for work and family outcomes for 
recipients of assistance under the State program 
funded under this part, and programs funded with 
qualified State expenditures. The Secretary shall 
issue guidance on how States apply for participation 
in the pilot. The benchmarks shall include—
‘‘(A) the percentage of work-eligible indi-
viduals under the State program funded under 
this part who are in unsubsidized employment 
during the 2nd quarter after exiting the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(B) the level of earnings of such individ-
uals in the 2nd and 4th quarters after exit; and 
‘‘(C) other indicators of family stability 
and well-being as established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK.— 
The Secretary and a State selected under paragraph 
(1) shall agree to the requisite level of performance 
on these benchmarks after developing baseline data 
in the State and comparative data in other States. 
‘‘(3) FAILURE
OF
STATE
TO
MEET
BENCH-
MARK.—If a State fails to meet a measured bench-
mark standard agreed to under paragraph (2) for 2 
successive fiscal years, the State, in order to con-
tinue in the pilot shall enter into a plan with the 
Secretary to achieve the required level of perform-
ance or, if mutually agreed to, adjust the benchmark 
based on new information about the feasibility of 
meeting such benchmark. 
‘‘(4) DURATION.—The pilot under this sub-
section shall be in effect for 6 fiscal years, with one
year to establish benchmark data and negotiate tar-
gets and five years to measure performance against 
the targets, and shall supersede the requirements 
under section 407 for such fiscal years, notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF PENALTY FOR FAILURE 
TO REDUCE ASSISTANCE FOR RECIPIENTS REFUSING 
WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE TO WORK.—For purposes of 
section 409(a)(14), a State operating a pilot must 
have a system for reducing the amount of assistance 
payable to a family if an individual refuses, without 
good cause (including for reasons described in 
407(e)(2)), to engage in any such activities as the 
State has required of such an individual. A State 
without such a system shall be considered to have 
failed to comply with the requirements of section 
407(e) for so long as the failure to comply continues. 
‘‘(6) COLLECTION OF PERFORMANCE DATA.— 
Each State selected under paragraph (1), in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall collect and submit 
to the Secretary data on the performance of the 
State operating such a pilot program. 
‘‘(7) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this
subsection the Secretary shall submit a report 
to Congress on the status of the program under 
this section. 
‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 
months after the date on which the programs 
under this section have terminated, the Sec-
retary shall submit a comprehensive report to 
Congress on outcomes achieved under such pro-
grams.’’. 
SEC. 303. ELIMINATION OF SMALL CHECKS SCHEME. 
Section 407(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING CALCULATION 
OF THE MINIMUM PARTICIPATION RATE.—The Sec-
retary shall determine participation rates under this 
section without regard to any individual engaged in 
work in a family that receives no assistance under 
this part and less than $35 in assistance funded 
with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec-
tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i)).’’. 
SEC. 304. REPORTING OF WORK OUTCOMES. 
Section 411 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
611), as amended by section 302, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) REPORTING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State, in consultation 
with the Secretary, shall collect and submit to the 
Secretary the information necessary for each indi-
cator described in paragraph (2), for fiscal year 
2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(2) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—The in-
dicators described in this paragraph for a fiscal year 
are the following: 
‘‘(A) The percentage of individuals who 
were work-eligible individuals as of the time of 
exit from the program, who are in unsubsidized 
employment during the second quarter after the 
exit. 
‘‘(B) The percentage of individuals who 
were work-eligible individuals who were in un-
subsidized employment in the second quarter 
after the exit, who are also in unsubsidized em-
ployment during the fourth quarter after the 
exit. 
‘‘(C) The median earnings of individuals 
who were work-eligible individuals as of the 
time of exit from the program, who are in un-
subsidized employment during the second quar-
ter after the exit.
‘‘(D) The percentage of individuals who 
have not attained 24 years of age, are attending 
high school or enrolled in an equivalency pro-
gram, and are work-eligible individuals or were 
work-eligible individuals as of the time of exit 
from the program, who obtain a high school de-
gree or its recognized equivalent while receiving 
assistance under the State program funded 
under this part or within 1 year after the exit. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF EXIT.—In paragraph (2), 
the term ‘exit’ means, with respect to a State pro-
gram funded under this part, ceases to receive as-
sistance under the program funded by this part. 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—In order to ensure na-
tionwide comparability of data, the Secretary, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor and with 
States, shall issue regulations governing the report-
ing of performance indicators under this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 305. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this title shall take effect 
on October 1, 2024, except for sections 301 and 303 which 
shall take effect on October 1, 2025.
TITLE II—SNAP EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 311. MODIFICATION OF WORK REQUIREMENT EXEMP-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(6)(o)(3)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A)(i) under 18 years of age; or 
‘‘(ii) in— 
‘‘(I) fiscal year 2023 over 51 years of 
age; 
‘‘(II) fiscal year 2024 over 53 years of 
age; 
‘‘(III) fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal 
year thereafter over 55 years of age;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘;’’; and 
(4) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) a homeless individual; 
‘‘(G) a veteran; or 
‘‘(H) an individual who is 24 years of age 
or younger and who was in foster care under
the responsibility of a State on the date of at-
taining 18 years of age or such higher age as 
the 
State 
has 
elected 
under 
section 
475(8)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 675(8)(B)(iii)).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) STATE AGENCY.—A state agency shall apply 
section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008, as amended by subsection (a), to any applica-
tion for initial certification or recertification received 
starting 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) SUNSET.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall cease to have effect on October 1, 
2030. 
SEC. 312. MODIFICATION OF GENERAL EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 6(o)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(6)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SUBSE-
QUENT FISCAL YEARS’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL 
YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2023’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(F) through (H)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(G) through (I)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘year,’’ and inserting ‘‘year 
through fiscal year 2023,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or (E)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, (E) or (F)’’; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (F), (G), 
and (H) as subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I), respec-
tively; 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Sub-
ject to subparagraphs (G) through (I), for fiscal 
years 2024 and each subsequent fiscal year, a 
State agency may provide a number of exemp-
tions such that the average monthly number of 
exemptions in effect during the fiscal year does 
not exceed 8 percent of the number of covered 
individuals in the State, as estimated by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (C), adjusted by 
the Secretary to reflect changes in the State’s 
caseload and the Secretary’s estimate of 
changes in the proportion of members of house-
holds that receive supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program benefits covered by waivers 
granted under paragraph (4)’’;
(5) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(H)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(I)’’; 
(6) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(F) and 
(H)’’ and inserting ‘‘(G) and (I)’’; 
(7) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(F) 
through (H)’’ and inserting ‘‘(G) through (I)’’; and 
(8) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(J) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION
FOR
EX-
EMPTION
ADJUSTMENT.—During fiscal year 
2024 and each subsequent fiscal year, nothing 
in this paragraph shall be interpreted to allow 
a State agency to accumulate unused exemp-
tions to be provided beyond the subsequent fis-
cal year.’’. 
SEC. 313. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM UNDER THE FOOD AND NUTRITION 
ACT OF 2008. 
Section 2 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2011) is amended by adding at end the following: 
‘‘That program includes as a purpose to assist low-income 
adults in obtaining employment and increasing their earn-
ings. Such employment and earnings, along with program 
benefits, will permit low-income households to obtain a 
more nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by
increasing food purchasing power for all eligible house-
holds who apply for participation.’’. 
SEC. 314. WAIVER TRANSPARENCY. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make public 
all available State waiver requests, including all sup-
porting data from the State, and agency approvals of such 
requests, including relevant documentation on the utiliza-
tion of waivers authorized under Section 6(o)(4)(A) of the 
Food 
and 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2015(o)(4)(A)). 
TITLE III—PERMITTING REFORM 
SEC. 321. BUILDER ACT. 
(a) PARAGRAPH (2) OF SECTION 102.—Section 
102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘insure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘insure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘consistent with the provi-
sions of this Act and except where compliance 
would be inconsistent with other statutory re-
quirements,’’ before ‘‘include in every’’;
(B) by striking clauses (i) through (v) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) reasonably foreseeable environ-
mental effects of the proposed agency ac-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) any reasonably foreseeable ad-
verse environmental effects which cannot 
be avoided should the proposal be imple-
mented; 
‘‘(iii) a reasonable range of alter-
natives to the proposed agency action, in-
cluding an analysis of any negative envi-
ronmental impacts of not implementing the 
proposed agency action in the case of a no 
action alternative, that are technically and 
economically feasible, and meet the pur-
pose and need of the proposal; 
‘‘(iv) the relationship between local 
short-term uses of man’s environment and 
the maintenance and enhancement of long- 
term productivity; and 
‘‘(v) any irreversible and irretrievable 
commitments of Federal resources which 
would be involved in the proposed agency 
action should it be implemented.’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘the responsible Federal 
official’’ and inserting ‘‘the head of the lead 
agency’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘Any’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any’’; 
(5) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D) 
through (I) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), re-
spectively; 
(6) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) ensure the professional integrity, in-
cluding scientific integrity, of the discussion 
and analysis in an environmental document; 
‘‘(E) make use of reliable data and re-
sources in carrying out this Act; 
‘‘(F) consistent with the provisions of this 
Act, study, develop, and describe technically 
and economically feasible alternatives;’’; and 
(7) in subparagraph (I), as amended, by insert-
ing ‘‘consistent with the provisions of this Act,’’ be-
fore ‘‘recognize’’. 
(b) NEW SECTIONS.—Title I of the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 106. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION OF LEVEL OF 
REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) THRESHOLD DETERMINATIONS.—An agency is 
not required to prepare an environmental document with 
respect to a proposed agency action if— 
‘‘(1) the proposed agency action is not a final 
agency action within the meaning of such term in 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(2) the proposed agency action is excluded 
pursuant to one of the agency’s categorical exclu-
sions, another agency’s categorical exclusions con-
sistent with section 109 of this Act, or another pro-
vision of law; 
‘‘(3) the preparation of such document would 
clearly and fundamentally conflict with the require-
ments of another provision of law; or 
‘‘(4) the proposed agency action is a nondis-
cretionary action with respect to which such agency 
does not have authority to take environmental fac-
tors into consideration in determining whether to 
take the proposed action. 
‘‘(b) LEVELS OF REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
An agency shall issue an environmental impact 
statement with respect to a proposed agency action 
requiring an environmental document that has a rea-
sonably foreseeable significant effect on the quality 
of the human environment. 
‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.—An agen-
cy shall prepare an environmental assessment with 
respect to a proposed agency action that does not 
have a reasonably foreseeable significant effect on 
the quality of the human environment, or if the sig-
nificance of such effect is unknown, unless the agen-
cy finds that the proposed agency action is excluded 
pursuant to one of the agency’s categorical exclu-
sions, another agency’s categorical exclusions con-
sistent with section 109 of this Act, or another pro-
vision of law. Such environmental assessment shall 
be a concise public document prepared by a Federal 
agency to set forth the basis of such agency’s find-
ing of no significant impact or determination that an 
environmental impact statement is necessary. 
‘‘(3) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—In making a 
determination under this subsection, an agency— 
‘‘(A) may make use of any reliable data 
source; and 
‘‘(B) is not required to undertake new sci-
entific or technical research unless the new sci-
entific or technical research is essential to a 
reasoned choice among alternatives, and the
overall costs and time frame of obtaining it are 
not unreasonable. 
‘‘SEC. 107. TIMELY AND UNIFIED FEDERAL REVIEWS. 
‘‘(a) LEAD AGENCY.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If there are two or 
more participating Federal agencies, such agen-
cies shall determine, by letter or memorandum, 
which agency shall be the lead agency based on 
consideration of the— 
‘‘(i) magnitude of agency’s involve-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) project approval or disapproval 
authority; 
‘‘(iii) expertise concerning the action’s 
environmental effects; 
‘‘(iv) duration of agency’s involve-
ment; and 
‘‘(v) sequence of agency’s involvement. 
‘‘(B) JOINT LEAD AGENCIES.—In making 
a determination under subparagraph (A), the 
participating Federal agencies may appoint 
such State, Tribal, or local agencies as joint 
lead agencies as the involved Federal agencies 
shall determine appropriate. Joint lead agencies
shall jointly fulfill the role described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) ROLE.—A lead agency shall, with respect 
to a proposed agency action— 
‘‘(A) supervise the preparation of an envi-
ronmental document if, with respect to such 
proposed agency action, there is more than one 
participating Federal agency; 
‘‘(B) request the participation of each co-
operating agency at the earliest practicable 
time; 
‘‘(C) in preparing an environmental docu-
ment, give consideration to any analysis or pro-
posal created by a cooperating agency; 
‘‘(D) develop a schedule, in consultation 
with each cooperating agency, the applicant, 
and such other entities as the lead agency de-
termines appropriate, for completion of any en-
vironmental review, permit, or authorization re-
quired to carry out the proposed agency action; 
‘‘(E) if the lead agency determines that a 
review, permit, or authorization will not be com-
pleted in accordance with the schedule devel-
oped under subparagraph (D), notify the agen-
cy responsible for issuing such review, permit,
or authorization of the discrepancy and request 
that such agency take such measures as such 
agency determines appropriate to comply with 
such schedule; and 
‘‘(F) meet with a cooperating agency that 
requests such a meeting. 
‘‘(3) COOPERATING AGENCY.—The lead agency 
may, with respect to a proposed agency action, des-
ignate any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency 
that has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with 
respect to any environmental impact involved in a 
proposal to serve as a cooperating agency. A cooper-
ating agency may, not later than a date specified in 
the schedule established by the lead agency, submit 
comments to the lead agency. 
‘‘(4) REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION.—Any Fed-
eral, State, Tribal, or local agency or person that is 
substantially affected by the lack of a designation of 
a lead agency with respect to a proposed agency ac-
tion under paragraph (1) may submit a written re-
quest for such a designation to a participating Fed-
eral agency. An agency that receives a request under 
this paragraph shall transmit such request to each 
participating Federal agency and to the Council. 
‘‘(5) COUNCIL DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(A) REQUEST.—If the participating Fed-
eral agencies are unable to agree on the des-
ignation of a lead agency within 45 days of the 
request under paragraph (4), then the Federal, 
State, Tribal or local agency or person that is 
substantially affected by the lack or a designa-
tion of a lead agency may request that the 
Council designate a lead agency. Such request 
shall consist of— 
‘‘(i) a precise description of the nature 
and extent of the proposed agency action; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a detailed statement with respect 
to each participating Federal agency and 
each factor listed in paragraph (1) regard-
ing which agency should serve as lead 
agency. 
‘‘(B) TRANSMISSION.—The Council shall 
transmit a request received under subparagraph 
(A) to each participating Federal agency. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSE.—A participating Federal 
agency may, not later than 20 days after the 
date of the submission of a request under sub-
paragraph (A), submit to the Council a re-
sponse to such request.
‘‘(D) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 40 
days after the date of the submission of a re-
quest under subparagraph (A), the Council 
shall designate the lead agency with respect to 
the relevant proposed agency action. 
‘‘(b) ONE DOCUMENT.—To the extent practicable, if 
a proposed agency action will require action by more than 
one Federal agency and the lead agency has determined 
that it requires preparation of an environmental docu-
ment, the lead and cooperating agencies shall evaluate the 
proposal in a single environmental document. 
‘‘(c) REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.—Each notice 
of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
under section 102 shall include a request for public com-
ment on alternatives or impacts and on relevant informa-
tion, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposed 
agency action. 
‘‘(d) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND NEED.—Each 
environmental document shall include a statement of pur-
pose and need that briefly summarizes the underlying pur-
pose and need for the proposed agency action. 
‘‘(e) PAGE LIMITS.— 
‘‘(1) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), an environmental impact
statement shall not exceed 150 pages, not in-
cluding any citations or appendices. 
‘‘(B) EXTRAORDINARY
COMPLEXITY.—An 
environmental impact statement for a proposed 
agency action of extraordinary complexity shall 
not exceed 300 pages, not including any cita-
tions or appendices. 
‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.—An en-
vironmental assessment shall not exceed 75 pages, 
not including any citations or appendices. 
‘‘(f) SPONSOR PREPARATION.—A lead agency shall 
prescribe procedures to allow a project sponsor to prepare 
an environmental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement under the supervision of the agency. Such agen-
cy may provide such sponsor with appropriate guidance 
and assist in the preparation. The lead agency shall inde-
pendently evaluate the environmental document and shall 
take responsibility for the contents. 
‘‘(g) DEADLINES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), with respect to a proposed agency action, 
a lead agency shall complete, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) the environmental impact statement 
not later than the date that is 2 years after the 
sooner of, as applicable—
‘‘(i) the date on which such agency 
determines that section 102(2)(C) requires 
the issuance of an environmental impact 
statement with respect to such action; 
‘‘(ii) the date on which such agency 
notifies the applicant that the application 
to establish a right-of-way for such action 
is complete; and 
‘‘(iii) the date on which such agency 
issues a notice of intent to prepare the en-
vironmental impact statement for such ac-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) the environmental assessment not 
later than the date that is 1 year after the 
sooner of, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) the date on which such agency 
determines that section 106(b)(2) requires 
the preparation of an environmental as-
sessment with respect to such action; 
‘‘(ii) the date on which such agency 
notifies the applicant that the application 
to establish a right-of-way for such action 
is complete; and
‘‘(iii) the date on which such agency 
issues a notice of intent to prepare the en-
vironmental assessment for such action. 
‘‘(2) DELAY.—A lead agency that determines it 
is not able to meet the deadline described in para-
graph (1) may extend such deadline, in consultation 
with the applicant, to establish a new deadline that 
provides only so much additional time as is nec-
essary to complete such environmental impact state-
ment or environmental assessment. 
‘‘(3) PETITION TO COURT.— 
‘‘(A) RIGHT
TO
PETITION.—A project 
sponsor may obtain a review of an alleged fail-
ure by an agency to act in accordance with an 
applicable deadline under this section by filing 
a written petition with a court of competent ju-
risdiction seeking an order under subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) COURT ORDER.—If a court of com-
petent jurisdiction finds that an agency has 
failed to act in accordance with an applicable 
deadline, the court shall set a schedule and 
deadline for the agency to act as soon as prac-
ticable, which shall not exceed 90 days from the 
date on which the order of the court is issued,
unless the court determines a longer time pe-
riod is necessary to comply with applicable law. 
‘‘(h) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The head of each lead 
agency shall annually submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(A) identifies any environmental assess-
ment and environmental impact statement that 
such lead agency did not complete by the dead-
line described in subsection (g); and 
‘‘(B) provides an explanation for any fail-
ure to meet such deadline. 
‘‘(2) 
INCLUSIONS.—Each 
report 
submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall identify, as applicable— 
‘‘(A) the office, bureau, division, unit, or 
other entity within the Federal agency respon-
sible for each such environmental assessment 
and environmental impact statement; 
‘‘(B) the date on which— 
‘‘(i) such lead agency notified the ap-
plicant that the application to establish a 
right-of-way for the major Federal action 
is complete;
‘‘(ii) such lead agency began the 
scoping for the major Federal action; or 
‘‘(iii) such lead agency issued a notice 
of intent to prepare the environmental as-
sessment or environmental impact state-
ment for the major Federal action; and 
‘‘(C) when such environmental assessment 
and environmental impact statement is expected 
to be complete. 
‘‘SEC. 108. PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT. 
‘‘When an agency prepares a programmatic environ-
mental document for which judicial review was available, 
the agency may rely on the analysis included in the pro-
grammatic environmental document in a subsequent envi-
ronmental document for related actions as follows: 
‘‘(1) Within 5 years and without additional re-
view of the analysis in the programmatic environ-
mental document, unless there are substantial new 
circumstances or information about the significance 
of adverse effects that bear on the analysis. 
‘‘(2) After 5 years, so long as the agency re-
evaluates the analysis in the programmatic environ-
mental document and any underlying assumption to 
ensure reliance on the analysis remains valid.
‘‘SEC. 109. ADOPTION OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS. 
‘‘An agency may adopt a categorical exclusion listed 
in another agency’s NEPA procedures for a category of 
proposed agency actions for which the categorical exclu-
sion was established consistent with this paragraph. The 
agency shall— 
‘‘(1) identify the categorical exclusion listed in 
another agency’s NEPA procedures that covers a 
category of proposed actions or related actions; 
‘‘(2) consult with the agency that established 
the categorical exclusion to ensure that the proposed 
adoption of the categorical exclusion to a category of 
actions is appropriate; 
‘‘(3) identify to the public the categorical exclu-
sion that the agency plans to use for its proposed 
actions; and 
‘‘(4) document adoption of the categorical ex-
clusion. 
‘‘SEC. 110. E-NEPA. 
‘‘(a) PERMITTING PORTAL STUDY.—The Council on 
Environmental Quality shall conduct a study and submit 
a report to Congress within 1 year of the enactment of 
this Act on the potential for online and digital technologies 
to address delays in reviews and improve public accessi-
bility and transparency under section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)) including, but not limited to, a unified per-
mitting portal that would— 
‘‘(1) allow applicants to— 
‘‘(A) submit required documents or mate-
rials for their project in one unified portal; 
‘‘(B) upload and collaborate with the appli-
cable agencies to edit documents in real-time, 
as required; 
‘‘(C) upload and display visual features 
such as video, animation, geographic informa-
tion system displays, and three-dimensional 
renderings; and 
‘‘(D) track the progress of individual appli-
cations; 
‘‘(2) include a cloud based, digital tool for more 
complex reviews that would enhance interagency co-
ordination in consultation by— 
‘‘(A) centralizing, across all necessary 
agencies, the data, visuals, and documents, in-
cluding but not limited to geographic informa-
tion system displays, other visual renderings, 
and completed reports and analyses necessary 
for reviews; 
‘‘(B) streamlining communications between 
all necessary agencies and the applicant;