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the Secretary may also reserve funds for such program or project 
for the purposes described in this section so long as the total 
reservation of funds for such program or project does not exceed 
any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds 
reserved under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the source 
and amount of funds reserved under this section, the impact on 
program grantees if funds are withheld for the purposes of this 
section, and the activities to be carried out with such funds. 
SEC. 311. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Improvement’’ for pur-
poses authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965, there are hereby appropriated an additional $200,443,000 
which shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That none of the funds made 
available for such projects shall be subject to section 302 of this 
Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 312. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Institute 
of Education Sciences’’, $19,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Education (‘‘the Secretary’’) to provide support services 
to the Institute of Education Sciences (including, but not limited 
to information technology services, lease or procurement of office 
space, human resource services, financial management services, 
financial systems support, budget formulation and execution, legal 
counsel, equal employment opportunity services, physical security, 
facilities management, acquisition and contract management, 
grants administration and policy, and enterprise risk management): 
Provided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual amounts 
obligated and expended for such support services by using a 
standard Department of Education methodology for allocating the 
cost of all such support services: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may transfer any amounts available for IES support services 
in excess of actual amounts needed for IES support services, as 
so calculated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from the 
‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided further, That 
in order to address any shortfall between amounts available for 
IES support services and amounts needed for IES support services, 
as so calculated, the Secretary may transfer necessary amounts 
to the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program 
Administration’’ account: Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer made 
pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 313. The Education Amendments Act of 1972 is amended 
by striking section 802.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 314. Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 
1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $360,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under section 8502 of title 
41, United States Code, $13,124,000: Provided, That in order to 
authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to sec-
tion 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform requirements 
of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided 
further, That such agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, 
and reporting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 
of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That such agree-
ment shall include the elements listed under the heading ‘‘Com-
mittee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Dis-
abled—Written Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 
section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to 
executing a written agreement with the Committee: Provided fur-
ther, That no less than $3,150,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry 
out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $975,525,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be available
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to provide assistance to State commissions on national and commu-
nity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwith-
standing section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $37,735,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) 
$8,558,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 
Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include 
a determination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $230,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 
funds from the amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allo-
cated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer 
is necessary to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National 
Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 
Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 
31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 
1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $99,686,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,595,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2023, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not know-
ingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding 
such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than 
an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to 
receive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall
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minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 
under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or 
E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and 
not supplant current programs and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 
of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 
described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who 
are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 
the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall 
be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under section 3 of the National 
Child Protection Act of 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be considered 
‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are author-
ized to receive criminal history record information, consistent 
with Public Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of 
the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term 
of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not 
more than one year may receive a national service education award 
having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national service 
education award determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘an approved national service position’’ for ‘‘a 
national service program that receives grants under subtitle C’’. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2025, $535,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be 
used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 
any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 
sex: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualifica-
tion in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other per-
sonnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of 
CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and other
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technologies and services that create infrastructure and efficiencies 
within the public media system, $60,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor- 
Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 
for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Civil Service Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, 
for special training activities and other conflict resolution services 
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration services 
shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration 
services shall be available only for education, training, and profes-
sional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on 
behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within 
the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $18,012,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Act, $294,800,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $9,405,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,850,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $299,224,000: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 
3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 
stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 
Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board 
may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation 
that would provide employees any means of voting through any 
electronic means in an election to determine a representative for 
the purposes of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $15,113,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $15,449,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$9,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal 
year 2023 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76;
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and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit received 
exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual benefits: 
Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited 
in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month 
in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2024, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $128,000,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this 
limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not change 
the status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired 
by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad 
Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to hire students 
attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who 
have recently completed qualifying educational programs using cur-
rent excepted hiring authorities established by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $14,000,000, to be 
derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93–
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66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $48,609,338,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That 
not more than $86,000,000 shall be available for research and 
demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social 
Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2025. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$15,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including the hire and purchase of 
two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
not 
more 
than 
$13,985,978,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds 
referred to in such section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 
shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 
That $55,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2024, for activities to address the disability hearings backlog within 
the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2023 not needed for fiscal year 2023 shall remain 
available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administra-
tion information technology and telecommunications hardware and 
software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-pay-
roll administrative expenses associated solely with this information 
technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under the 
authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That reimburse-
ment to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Administration 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or proce-
dures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts 
in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible 
after such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph 
under this heading, not more than $1,784,000,000, to remain avail-
able through March 31, 2024, is for the costs associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security Act, including work-related continuing disability reviews 
to determine whether earnings derived from services demonstrate
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an individual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 
co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associ-
ated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget in the Senate, and $1,511,000,000 is additional new budget 
authority specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 
2022: Provided further, That, of the additional new budget authority 
described in the preceding proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Adminis-
tration, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability inves-
tigation units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at 
the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and 
expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were required 
by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 
through 2002: Provided further, That none of the funds described 
in this paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogramming 
except as specified in this paragraph. 
In addition, $140,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2023 exceed $140,000,000, the 
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2024 only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed $82,665,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for information technology modernization, including 
related hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and 
for administrative expenses directly associated with information 
technology modernization. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice