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the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2022, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, restruc-
turing, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report 
shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation, detailing both 
full-time employee equivalents and budget authority, with separate 
columns to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted 
level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
its respective prior year enacted level by object class and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in this Act, in the accompanying 
report, or in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation, 
whichever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 
for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs for
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which new budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary 
grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an identification 
of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, That 
the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for 
an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day 
after the required date that the report has not been submitted 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2022 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2022 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2023, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report on any indi-
vidual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury 
or the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background investigation report, 
if such individual has given express written consent for such 
request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 
request and during the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 
respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 
Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 
pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 
with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American 
Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government
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of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 
commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 
nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse-
ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 
expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 
attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 
to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 
offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to 
enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration 
of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must 
consult with the General Services Administration before issuing 
a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, 
and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotia-
tions with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency 
lease may do so during any period declared by the President to 
require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency 
covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency provided funds 
by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administra-
tion or the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ 
Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code.
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(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 
limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to 
Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 
Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 
by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 
the budget planning process related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
funded by this Act that are available for information technology 
shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 
of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
a provider of electronic communication service to the public or 
remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as 
such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, 
United States Code) in a manner that violates the Fourth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for 
universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible tele-
communications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with para-
graph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this 
section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative 
to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such alter-
native mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost support to 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers until support under 
such mechanism commences. 
SEC. 624. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has respon-
sibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, docu-
ments, or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 
provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 
and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and