H. R. 2617—315 
any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facili-
ties, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 
lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483; $153,309,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 
be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall 
be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed 
in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund estab-
lished by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 
130 Stat. 1749): Provided further, That amounts provided under 
this heading are made available for the modernization of Federal 
field communication capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purpose. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS 
PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursu-
ant to Public Laws 99–264, 114–322, and 116–260, and for 
implementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$825,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $13,884,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which $2,680,000 
is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 
$150,213,551. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
H. R. 2617—316 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and 
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et 
seq.), $1,133,552,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That federally recog-
nized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized 
Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 
welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$833,592,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 
and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 
2023, and shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
but not limited to the Indian Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $95,822,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for school operations shall 
be available for administrative cost grants associated with grants 
approved prior to July 1, 2023: Provided further, That in order 
to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of 
clothing for personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation 
of 
Indian 
education 
programs, 
including 
architectural 
and 
engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; $267,887,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
the Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100–297 
(25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in 
this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and 
design phase of the project and commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 
organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the manage-
ment, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the 
San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education 
for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administra-
tive Services (except Executive Direction and Administrative Serv-
ices funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and 
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the
H. R. 2617—317 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self- 
Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available 
by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of 
Indian Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Govern-
ment’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to- 
government relationship between the United States and that tribe, 
or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et 
seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 
or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory 
beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education 
school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary 
of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion 
of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the 
Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand 
the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 
a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made 
available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau 
shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 
1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated 
in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act may 
not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school 
(as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that 
is in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that 
has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, 
may continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter 
school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse 
the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate 
and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume 
any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which 
the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. 
Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a 
charter school and performing functions related to the charter 
school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall not be 
treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 
113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if in fiscal 
year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative 
costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of 
Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute 
indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 
section 5(f) distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this 
prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and
H. R. 2617—318 
cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools 
located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 
exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond 
those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and academic 
facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 
applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, 
and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the bene-
fits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts 
to students such as those caused by busing students extended 
distances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act may 
be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construc-
tion, or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not 
owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from the 
existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 
part of the existing school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within 
Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education 
Programs may be used to execute requested adjustments in tribal 
priority allocations initiated by an Indian Tribe. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $111,272,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $17,867,000 from this or any other Act, may be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Education, 
‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts; the Office of 
the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of 
the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, 
That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated 
during fiscal year 2023, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available 
until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance 
for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and 
maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance 
in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express written 
request of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$100,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to 
Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 
2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered 
shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this
H. R. 2617—319 
purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 
to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of 
ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian 
Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
412) or any other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate 
the trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown 
for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall not be required 
to generate periodic statements of performance for the individual 
accounts: Provided further, That with respect to the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient records 
to determine the balance of the individual accounts, including any 
accrued interest and income, and such funds shall remain available 
to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the Department 
of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 
authorized by law, $135,884,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 
shall be available for workers compensation payments and 
unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly 
closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 
$14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activi-
ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, 
as needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts and 
the Office of the Special Trustee ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2023, as authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2023, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 
by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained 
for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Pro-
gram: Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifi-
cally for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only 
amounts available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event 
the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant 
to this chapter are insufficient to make the full payments authorized 
by that chapter to all units of local government, then the payment 
to each local government shall be made proportionally: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment
H. R. 2617—320 
to individual units of local government to correct for prior overpay-
ments or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 
be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units of 
local government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 
identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188, $120,357,000, 
of which: (1) $110,140,000 shall remain available until expended 
for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
and natural resources activities, and brown tree snake control and 
research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensa-
tion and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants 
to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 
local revenues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized 
by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 
$10,217,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 
provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may 
be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discre-
tion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement 
of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 
Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the program 
of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided 
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 
as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; 
and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 
and Public Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit into the Compact
H. R. 2617—321 
Trust Fund of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as compensation 
authorized by Public Law 108–188 for adverse financial and eco-
nomic impacts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 
section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 
that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 
three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 
cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 
projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 
guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 
of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$101,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$67,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $663,786,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be for the renovation 
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 
also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation 
accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided $247,000,000
H. R. 2617—322 
is for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Pro-
vided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 
be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds avail-
able from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 
of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for fuels management activities, and for training and moni-
toring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit 
resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of imple-
menting any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 
agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the 
Secretary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 
maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, non-
profit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, 
Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships 
with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro- 
businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a 
significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in 
implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guid-
ance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent applica-
tion of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 
Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland 
fire appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local 
governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 
improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 
but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 
initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay-
ments for any such lease or for construction activity associated 
with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of 
funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire manage-
ment programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided 
for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal 
emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for assistance to 
or through the Department of State in connection with forest and 
rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,
H. R. 2617—323 
shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, 
and related natural resource activities outside the United States 
and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 
education and training, and cooperation with United States and 
international organizations. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations, $340,000,000, to 
remain available until transferred, is additional new budget 
authority as specified for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 
2022: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 
merged with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 
and ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations 
in the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred: Provided 
further, That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 
Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture or the 
Department of the Interior only upon the notification of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppres-
sion operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and 
prior appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will 
be transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
further, That, in determining whether all wildfire suppression oper-
ations funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire 
Management’’ in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the 
Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will 
be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 
any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 
to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be excluded. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 
including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,064,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to 
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous sub-
stance releases, remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public 
Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and carry out the purposes of section
H. R. 2617—324 
349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading are available for program management and 
oversight of these activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may transfer the funds provided under this heading in this Act 
to any other account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 
and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: Provided 
further, That these amounts are not available to fulfill Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obligations agreed to in settlement or imposed 
by a court, whether for payment of funds or for work to be per-
formed. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 
of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $8,037,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 
and business management system, data management, information 
technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, 
cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and operations 
throughout the Department, $112,198,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 
Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave 
and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
may assess reasonable charges to State, local, and tribal government 
employees for training services provided by the National Indian 
Program Training Center, other than training related to Public 
Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or 
otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment, or profes-
sional services of the National Indian Program Training Center 
to State, local and tribal government employees or persons or 
organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational 
activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States 
Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, 
or services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training 
Center: Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to the 
two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall be 
available until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for 
necessary expenses of the National Indian Program Training 
Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 
and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural
H. R. 2617—325 
Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, 
and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase, or through available excess 
surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced 
may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 
the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collection and 
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 
$174,934,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024; of 
which $69,751,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
purpose of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian 
leases in which the Secretary of the Interior concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with 
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency 
reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, 
or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, 
storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 
be made available under this authority until funds specifically 
made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used 
pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention 
of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions 
related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, 
or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent 
to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assess-
ment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 
substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression,
H. R. 2617—326 
and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant 
to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 
Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying 
out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 
in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently avail-
able at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appro-
priated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 
30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 
must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That 
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 
rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 
by the Secretary of the Interior, in total amount not to exceed 
$500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including 
specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Sec-
retary, for library membership in societies or associations which 
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for 
historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 
days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under this section, 
including the amount expended or transferred and how the funds 
will be used.
H. R. 2617—327 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inac-
curate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 
in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 
fiscal year 2023. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlap-
ping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 
10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 
or interests therein, including the use of all or part of any pier, 
dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 
of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facili-
ties in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 
to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program 
and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 
or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts, or other agree-
ments for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited 
in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement’’ account, 
from the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection 
under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 
equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any com-
bination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2023. Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 
of less than 500 feet. 
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non- 
rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and 
Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 
2023. Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
H. R. 2617—328 
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and 
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 
inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under sub-
section (d) with payment required by the end of the following 
quarter. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING 
FACILITIES 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate enti-
ties, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with 
the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except 
that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), 
for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private 
land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 
10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, 
in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endan-
gered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking 
of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from 
federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but 
not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 
by commercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2023, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at 
the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM 
SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Sec-
retary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter 
into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations 
designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans 
in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered 
by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law.
H. R. 2617—329 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently 
employed by the Department, including partial displacement 
through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment 
benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department 
of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or func-
tion in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff 
status from the same or substantially equivalent job within 
the Department; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department 
of the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 
an orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds 
among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by 
the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming 
guidelines described in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in which 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or approves any departure 
or use of alternate procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan 
or permit, under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 
30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau 
shall post a description of such departure or alternate procedure 
or equipment use approval on such bureau’s publicly available 
website not more than 15 business days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business 
information. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION
OF CONVEYANCE.—On request 
by the State of Virginia or the District of Columbia for the purpose 
of the construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the 
Long Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey 
to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion 
of the approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land 
depicted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS Land’’ on the Map dated
H. R. 2617—330 
May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or the District of 
Columbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of the National 
Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to any 
terms and conditions that the Secretary may require. If such con-
veyed land is no longer being used for the purposes specified in 
this section, the lands or interests therein shall revert to the 
National Park Service after they have been restored or remediated 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or the District 
of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, may— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park 
Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of 
Columbia under subsection (a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in 
subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad 
Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, 
Virginia, to L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Virginia. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal 
regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or authorized tribal 
organizations that receive Tribally-Controlled School Grants pursu-
ant to Public Law 100–297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles 
and related services for performance of any activities carried out 
under such grants to the same extent as if they were contracting 
under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. 
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS AND CORRIDORS 
SEC. 118. (a) Section 109(a) of the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (title I of 
Public Law 103–449), is amended by striking ‘‘$17,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$19,000,000’’. 
(b) Section 409(a) of the Steel Industry American Heritage 
Area Act of 1996 (title IV of division II of Public Law 104–333) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$22,000,000’’. 
(c) Section 608(a) of the South Carolina National Heritage 
Corridor Act of 1996 (title VI of division II of Public Law 104– 
333) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$17,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$19,000,000’’. 
(d) Subsection 157(h)(1) of the Wheeling National Heritage 
Area Act of 2000 (section 157 of Public Law 106–291) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 
(e) Sections 411, 432, and 451 of title IV of the Consolidated 
Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229), are each 
amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 15 years after the date 
of’’ and all that follows through the end of each section and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2024.’’.
H. R. 2617—331 
(f) Section 512 of the National Aviation Heritage Area Act 
(title V of division J of Public Law 108–447), is amended by striking 
‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(g) Section 608 of the Oil Region National Heritage Area Act 
(title VI of Public Law 108–447) is amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(h) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98–398, as amended by section 
402 of Public Law 109–338 (120 Stat. 1853), is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
(i) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98–398 is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 
SEC. 119. For fiscal year 2023, funds made available in this 
or any other Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of the Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office 
may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher 
minimum rates of basic pay for employees of the Department of 
the Interior in the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 
through 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 
reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty programs 
at rates no greater than 15 percent above the minimum rates 
of basic pay normally scheduled, and such higher rates shall be 
consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 
5, United States Code. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write 
or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct popu-
lation segment of greater sage-grouse. 
STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 
SEC. 121. For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 
of title 54, United States Code, the National Park Service may 
retain up to 7 percent of the State Conservation Grants program 
to provide to States, the District of Columbia, and insular areas, 
as matching grants to support state program administrative costs. 
LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK 
SEC. 122. Section 103(a) of Public Law 95–290 (16 U.S.C. 410cc– 
13(a); 92 Stat. 292) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1). 
VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 123. Section 101938 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’.
H. R. 2617—332 
DELAWARE WATER GAP AUTHORITY 
SEC. 124. Section 4(b) of The Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area Improvement Act, as amended by section 1 of 
Public Law 115–101, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2023’’ for 
‘‘2021’’. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equip-
ment and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and develop-
ment, $802,276,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$30,751,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $13,251,000 
shall be for projects specified for Science and Technology in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
library memberships in societies or associations which issue publica-
tions to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal 
combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $3,286,330,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds included 
under this heading may be used for environmental justice 
implementation and training grants, and associated program sup-
port costs: Provided further, That of the funds included under 
this heading— 
(1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: 
National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act); 
(2) $681,726,000 shall be for Geographic Programs as speci-
fied in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); and
H. R. 2617—333 
(3) $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for grants, including grants that may be awarded on a 
non-competitive basis, interagency agreements, and associated 
program support costs to establish and implement a program 
to assist Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Native 
Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes in Alaska, 
Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations and Alaska Native 
Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal consortia comprised of 
Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination on lands con-
veyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated 
at the time of conveyance and are on an inventory of such 
lands developed and maintained by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency: Provided, That grants awarded using funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used by a recipient to 
supplement other funds provided by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency through individual media or multi-media grants 
or cooperative agreements: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may reserve up to $2,000,000 for 
salaries, expenses, and administration. 
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, 
That fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited 
in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts 
in fiscal year 2023 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in 
this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2023 shall 
be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 
received during fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 
realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amount in 
excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2023, shall 
be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds included in the first paragraph under this 
heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project 
shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 
any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations 
for that program project for fiscal year 2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$44,030,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, $48,752,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
H. R. 2617—334 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 
U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 
$1,282,700,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of 
such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 
2022, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as 
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,282,700,000 as 
a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allo-
cated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 
of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $11,800,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ appropriation to remain available until September 30, 
2024, and $31,607,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, $93,205,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $67,425,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 
underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 
9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,780,000 shall be for 
carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, 
That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 
available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally 
recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation 
of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $22,072,000, 
to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain 
available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $4,480,428,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which
H. R. 2617—335 
$1,126,101,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That $863,108,642 
of the funds made available for capitalization grants for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $609,255,899 of the 
funds made available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the construction 
of drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure 
and for water quality protection in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified for such grants in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act) for projects specified for 
‘‘STAG—Drinking Water SRF’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean Water SRF’’ 
in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation 
of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act), and, for purposes of these 
grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 20 percent 
of the cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for 
a waiver by the Agency: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applica-
tions and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, 
not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 
of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastruc-
ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That the 
Administrator is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of funds 
made available for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
under this heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds 
Needs Survey: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limita-
tion on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 
fund that may be used by a State to administer the fund 
shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made 
by such fund in fiscal year 2023 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent 
that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the 
Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in 
the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including 
administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and 
(l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
grants made under title II of such Act for American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the 
United States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia 
may also be made for the purpose of providing assistance:
H. R. 2617—336 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifica-
tions, and estimates for any proposed project for the construc-
tion of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, 
or replacement of privately owned treatment works serving 
one or more principal residences or small commercial establish-
ments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwith-
standing the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and 
(l) of section 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, funds reserved by the Administrator 
for grants under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely 
for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and 
estimates for any proposed project for the construction of treat-
ment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement 
of privately owned treatment works serving one or more prin-
cipal residences or small commercial establishments: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding any provision 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and regulations 
issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) of such Act may also be used for grants for training, 
technical assistance, and educational programs relating to the 
operation and management of the treatment works specified 
in section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2023, funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act 
shall be available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined 
in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations 
in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) 
and Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding the limita-
tion on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the 
limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds 
under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding 
the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds 
appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund pro-
gram under the Act less any sums reserved under section 
518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding 
the limitations on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appro-
priated for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
and 14 percent of the funds made available under this title
H. R. 2617—337 
to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State to provide additional 
subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination 
of these), and shall be so used by the State only where such 
funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient 
or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of 
eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt 
was incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if 
the State, with concurrence from the Administrator, determines 
that such funds could be used to help address a threat to 
public health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking 
water or if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been 
issued due to a threat to public health from heightened expo-
sure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply before the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That in a 
State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, 
the State may use more than 14 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to the State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional sub-
sidy to eligible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall reserve $12,000,000 
of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2023 for making 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated contami-
nants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, 
That of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account appropriated prior to fiscal 
year 2012 for ‘‘special project grants’’ or ‘‘special needs infra-
structure grants,’’ or for the administration, management, and 
oversight of such grants, $13,300,000 are permanently 
rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution 
on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985; 
(2) $36,386,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 
consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 
the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 
of the colonias in the United States along the United States- 
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established an enforce-
able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
infrastructure; 
(3) $39,686,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these
H. R. 2617—338 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 
State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-
wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 
2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possession of the 
United States; 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $69,927,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act); 
(7) $30,158,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) 
through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 
(8) $30,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(9) $25,011,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
(10) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(11) $27,000,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1254(b)(8)); 
(12) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(13) $6,000,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) 
of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–270); 
(14) $6,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) 
of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4283(a)), of which 
not more than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to 
carry out such section: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 
pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent 
with the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian 
reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of
H. R. 2617—339 
the Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Public 
Law 92–203; 
(15) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3) 
of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants 
in accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That not more than 
3 percent shall be for administrative costs to carry out such 
section; 
(16) $16,973,000 shall be for State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants to be allocated in the amounts specified for those 
projects and for the purposes delineated in the table titled 
‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) for remediation, construction, and related 
environmental management activities in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified for such grants in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act); 
(17) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19g); 
(18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of 
the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c note): Provided, That the Adminis-
trator may award grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, 
intertribal consortia, public or private agencies, institutions, 
organizations, and individuals, without regard to section 
3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code, and enter into interagency agreements as appro-
priate; 
(19) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 
1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 
(20) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276); and 
(21) $1,160,625,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized Tribes, 
interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement, and related activities, including activi-
ties pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 
and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, and under section 2301 of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist States in developing 
and implementing programs for control of coal combustion 
residuals, of which: $47,195,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA; $10,836,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including associated 
program support costs; $1,505,000 shall be for grants to States 
under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which 
shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
H. R. 2617—340 
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other 
than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; 
$18,512,000 of the funds available for grants under section 
106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for 
State participation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State monitoring 
programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act of 2014, $68,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, 
including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely 
for the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans 
for projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure financing 
authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority 
under this heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 
loans for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria pub-
lished in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) 
pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Water Infrastruc-
ture Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ in division D of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116–94): Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading shall be 
available for any project unless the Administrator and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget have certified in advance 
in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, 
and the project comply with the criteria referenced in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office may request, and the Administrator shall 
promptly provide, documentation and information relating to a 
project identified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Adminis-
trator pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 
for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act Program, including with respect to a project that 
was initiated or completed before the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 
the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$7,640,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.
H. R. 2617—341 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 
agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 
agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State finan-
cial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until 
expended. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 
year 2023. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 
3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal 
year 2023, to remain available until expended. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $368,000,000 
of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 
to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concur-
rence of such head, to carry out activities that would support 
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water 
Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 
an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department 
or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 
governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and 
individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and 
implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
tiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 
Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 
Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that 
the cost does not exceed $300,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2023, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to 
Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
H. R. 2617—342 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Manage-
ment’’ for fiscal year 2023 to provide grants to implement the 
Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 
320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less 
than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under this title for 
the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive 
awards described in section 320(g)(4). 
For fiscal year 2023, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 
and ‘‘Science and Technology’’, contract directly with individuals 
or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 
regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent personal 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this purpose 
by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and 
the Office of Water collectively may not exceed $2,000,000. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural 
Resources and Environment mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the office. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $1,152,744,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That a portion of the funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be for the base salary and expenses 
of employees in the Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and 
Performance Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and 
the Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administrative 
and general management support functions: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading shall be available for the costs 
of facility maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings and sites 
where these administrative, general management and other Forest 
Service support functions take place; the costs of all utility and
H. R. 2617—343 
telecommunication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as busi-
ness services; and, for information technology, including cyber secu-
rity requirements: Provided further, That funds provided under 
this heading may be used for necessary expenses to carry out 
administrative and general management support functions of the 
Forest Service not otherwise provided for and necessary for its 
operation. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $307,273,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds provided, $32,197,000 
is for the forest inventory and analysis program: Provided further, 
That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of 
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available 
in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing tech-
nical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 
and others, and for forest health management, including for invasive 
plants, and conducting an international program and trade compli-
ance activities as authorized, $337,758,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2026, as authorized by law, of which 
$30,167,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Resource 
Information and Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utiliza-
tion of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels manage-
ment on or adjacent to such lands, $1,974,388,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds 
provided, $32,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments 
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That for the 
funds provided in the preceding proviso, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘20’’ for ‘‘10’’ and 
section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘4’’ for ‘‘2’’: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 
shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided, $207,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management 
activities, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 may be used to make 
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under 
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose 
of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National 
Forest System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be 
used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement
H. R. 2617—344 
contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous 
fuels management activities, and for training or monitoring associ-
ated with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such 
activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
funds made available to implement the Community Forest Restora-
tion Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use 
on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made available 
to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro-
priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the 
Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary 
of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grass-
land, may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated 
fee to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation 
practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 
in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and 
that the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 
Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal 
year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter 
for use on the project for conservation practices approved by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That funds appropriated to this account 
shall be available for the base salary and expenses of employees 
that carry out the functions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement 
and Maintenance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, 
and the ‘‘Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence 
Uses’’ account. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $158,048,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2026, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance, and 
acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and 
for construction, reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that 
are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
part of the transportation system, and for maintenance of forest 
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That $6,000,000 
shall be for activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided 
further, That $5,048,000 shall be for projects specified for Construc-
tion Projects in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorpo-
ration of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That funds 
becoming available in fiscal year 2023 under the Act of March 
4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund 
of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation 
for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 
and Cleveland National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St.
H. R. 2617—345 
Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized 
by law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant 
to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 
4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2026, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 
Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 
fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 
National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2026, to be derived from 
the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 
$1,099,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 
on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire 
suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 
fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, $945,956,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds, 
including unobligated balances under this heading, are available 
for repayment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That any 
unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for haz-
ardous fuels management may be transferred to the ‘‘National 
Forest System’’ account: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for 
services provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies 
or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service
H. R. 2617—346 
for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emer-
gency management agency: Provided further, That funds provided 
shall be available for support to Federal emergency response: Pro-
vided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agree-
ment between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 
may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 
for wildfire suppression operations, $2,210,000,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci-
fied for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as 
engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022: Pro-
vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and merged with 
amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Department of the 
Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Manage-
ment’’ and ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal 
year in which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 
That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Manage-
ment’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture only upon the notification of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression oper-
ations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans-
ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That, in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Department 
of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 
within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds trans-
ferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer 
authority provided by law shall be excluded. 
COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–334), shall be deposited in the special account established 
by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover the 
costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section of such Act, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ 
account.
H. R. 2617—347 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 
hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 
2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 
558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act may 
be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service 
budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 
94): Provided, That any transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph 
shall not increase or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agri-
culture’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph 
must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must 
be requested as promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest 
Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels 
management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would 
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and 
projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest 
Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 
appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the 
National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used 
for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and 
water: Provided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none of the 
funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be available
H. R. 2617—348 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with United States government, private sector, and inter-
national organizations: Provided, That the Forest Service, acting 
for the International Program, may sign direct funding agreements 
with foreign governments and institutions as well as other domestic 
agencies (including the U.S. Agency for International Development, 
the Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion), United States private sector firms, institutions and organiza-
tions to provide technical assistance and training programs on 
forestry and rangeland management: Provided further, That to 
maximize effectiveness of domestic and international research and 
cooperation, the International Program may utilize all authorities 
related to forestry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless 
of program designations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Section 509(a)(3) 
Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Service International Foundation’’ 
to assist the Foundation in meeting administrative, project, and 
other expenses, and may provide for the Foundation’s use of Forest 
Service personnel and facilities. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adop-
tion of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System 
lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 
the boundaries of such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing 
in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 
agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to obtain 
information technology services, including telecommunications and 
system modifications or enhancements, from the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
H. R. 2617—349 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 
may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match funds 
made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal 
funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at 
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 
matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 
$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 
sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the National 
Forest System heading shall be available for the Secretary of Agri-
culture to enter into cooperative agreements with other Federal 
agencies, tribes, States, local governments, private and nonprofit 
entities, and educational institutions to support the work of forest 
or grassland collaboratives on activities benefitting Federal lands 
and adjacent non-Federal lands, including for technical assistance, 
administrative functions or costs, and other capacity support needs 
identified by the Forest Service. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of 
performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance 
and decommissioning. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropria-
tions or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 
may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred
H. R. 2617—350 
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil 
litigation: Provided, That future budget justifications for both the 
Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly 
display the sums previously transferred and the sums requested 
for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
to pay, from a single account, the base salary and expenses of 
employees who carry out functions funded by other accounts for 
Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology and Applications 
Center, remnant Natural Resource Manager, Job Corps, and 
National Technology and Development Program. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 
(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles 
II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
Indian Health Service, $4,919,670,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, except as otherwise provided herein; and, 
in addition, $4,627,968,000, which shall become available on October 
1, 2023, and remain available through September 30, 2025, except 
as otherwise provided herein; together with payments received 
during each fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for 
services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated 
at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available 
for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for grants or contracts 
with public or private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treat-
ment services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification services: 
Provided further, That of the total amount of funds provided, 
$1,993,510,000 shall remain available until expended for Purchased/ 
Referred Care, of which $996,755,000 shall be from funds that 
become available on October 1, 2023: Provided further, That of 
the total amount specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/ 
Referred Care, $108,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund of which $54,000,000 shall be from funds 
that become available on October 1, 2023: Provided further, That 
for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024, up to $51,000,000 shall
H. R. 2617—351 
remain available until expended for implementation of the loan 
repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act: Provided further, That of the total amount of 
funds provided, $116,000,000, including $58,000,000 from funds 
that become available on October 1, 2023, shall be for costs related 
to 
or 
resulting 
from 
accreditation 
emergencies, 
including 
supplementing activities funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health 
Facilities’’, of which up to $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
and 2024 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise available 
for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, That the amounts 
collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 
104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of 
contracts shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 
108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain available 
until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards 
under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sections 
104 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That the amounts made available within this account for 
the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for Opioid 
Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services, for the Domestic 
Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for 
the housing subsidy authority for civilian employees, for Aftercare 
Pilot Programs at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-
formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health Service 
Electronic Health Record system, for national quality and oversight 
activities, to improve collections from public and private insurance 
at Indian Health Service and tribally operated facilities, for an 
initiative to treat or reduce the transmission of HIV and HCV, 
for a maternal health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health 
Center of Excellence, for Alzheimer’s grants, for Village Built 
Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation emer-
gencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the 
Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used 
for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, 
provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds 
are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority 
of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except 
for those related to the planning, design, or construction of new 
facilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol-
arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations 
under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 
be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes 
and tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health 
Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 
facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi-
able health information relating to disabled children as may be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the
H. R. 2617—352 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided that become 
available on October 1, 2023, may be used for implementation 
of the Electronic Health Record System or the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Fund: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and 
may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded 
under the Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any other Act, 
to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic Health Record 
system shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the 
selection or implementation of a new Information Technology infra-
structure system, unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 90 days 
in advance of such obligation. 
Of the unobligated balances under the heading ‘‘Indian Health 
Services’’ from amounts made available in title III of division G 
of Public Law 117–103 for the fiscal year 2022 costs of staffing 
and operating new facilities, $29,388,000 are hereby rescinded. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service 
for fiscal year 2023, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 
another budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 
but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for contract 
support costs for such agreements for the current fiscal year shall 
be applied to contract support costs due for such agreements for 
subsequent fiscal years. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases 
pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2023, 
such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, improve-
ment, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifica-
tions, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection 
of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision 
of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as 
authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to environmental health and facilities support activities 
of the Indian Health Service, $958,553,000, to remain available
H. R. 2617—353 
until expended; and, in addition, $501,490,000, which shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, and remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, or 
expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe 
or tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facilities 
will be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may 
be used for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart-
ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
that become available on October 1, 2023, may be used for Health 
Care Facilities Construction or for Sanitation Facilities Construc-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading for fiscal year 2023 for Sanitation Facilities Construc-
tion, $15,192,000 shall be for projects specified for Sanitation Facili-
ties Construction (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may 
be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded 
with grants by the housing programs of the United States Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equip-
ment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
for telephone service in private residences in the field, when author-
ized under regulations approved by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; uniforms, or allowances therefor as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings 
that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be 
extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health 
Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with 
funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility 
providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law 
or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 
administered under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation 
Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those 
used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not 
be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and 
transportation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used
H. R. 2617—354 
for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and 
provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized 
by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated 
and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or 
a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter 
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 
be used to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg-
ister on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and 
Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care serv-
ices of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associ-
ated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities 
on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subse-
quent adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 
along with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 
subsequent appropriation account from which the funds were origi-
nally derived, with such amounts to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That reimbursements for training, tech-
nical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and over-
head costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health Service 
may provide to civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals oper-
ated by the Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent 
to those that would be provided to members of the Commissioned 
Corps of the United States Public Health Service serving in similar 
positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation 
structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without 
advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 
311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 
126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 
1986, $83,035,000.
H. R. 2617—355 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth 
in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and 
section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $85,020,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per-
forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 
the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, bio-
medical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 
referral to accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That 
in performing any such health assessment or health study, evalua-
tion, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 
by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 
pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2023, 
and existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $4,676,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties 
of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376, $14,400,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 
Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the
H. R. 2617—356 
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General 
of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General 
of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 
Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 
the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $3,060,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading: Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands 
residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others 
certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: 
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this or any 
other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands parti-
tioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is 
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee 
will be provided with more than one new or replacement home: 
Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible 
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite 
on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 
11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND 
ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A 
of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), 
$13,482,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2023, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and perform-
ances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of 
information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 
museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, 
lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental,
H. R. 2617—357 
repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $892,855,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $26,974,000 for the 
instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition re-
installation, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, 
National Museum of the American Latino, and the repatriation 
of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended; 
and including such funds as may be necessary to support American 
overseas research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 
are available for advance payments to independent contractors per-
forming research services or participating in official Smithsonian 
presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institution 
may expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease 
or rent payments, as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, 
and such rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 
funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for expenses 
associated with the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 
Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 
supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, That 
the use of such amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution 
for such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt service 
for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation 
of the Federal Government: Provided further, That no appropriated 
funds may be used directly to service debt which is incurred to 
finance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 600 
Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, 
and constructing improvements to such building: Provided further, 
That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian Institution 
for the sale of its ownership interest, or any portion thereof, in 
such building so acquired may not take effect until the expiration 
of a 30 day period which begins on the date on which the Secretary 
of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 
House Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate a report, as outlined in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2536) on 
the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 
of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of 
August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including 
necessary personnel, $251,645,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 
the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administra-
tive expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 
24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of
H. R. 2617—358 
April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 
library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publica-
tions or services are available to members only, or to members 
at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 
art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates 
or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery 
may deem proper, $170,240,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and renovation 
of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the 
National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating 
lease agreements of no more than 10 years, that address space 
needs created by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities 
Plan, as authorized, $39,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of this amount, $27,208,000 shall be 
available for design and construction of an off-site art storage 
facility in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and may 
be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such purposes: 
Provided further, That contracts awarded for environmental sys-
tems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of 
buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with 
selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali-
fications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$27,640,000, to remain available until September, 30, 2024. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of 
the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $17,740,000, to remain available 
until expended.
H. R. 2617—359 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 
hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000 shall 
be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support 
of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education 
and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations 
and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain 
available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, of which $188,250,000 shall be 
available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 
Act; and $18,750,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 
$15,750,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That appro-
priations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for 
obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total 
amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other property 
accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endowment 
for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) 
and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 
which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant 
or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 
1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 
grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such 
grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That such small
H. R. 2617—360 
grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 
and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on 
the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 
91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 
of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 
as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended with-
out further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission 
is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design 
of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commis-
sion of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or 
education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the 
funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 
(20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the item relating to 
‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs’’ in the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, 
as enacted into law by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 
U.S.C. 956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2023 in the second 
paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ before the 
first period: Provided further, That in determining an eligible 
organization’s annual income for calendar years 2021, 2022, and 
2023, funds or grants received by the eligible organization from 
any supplemental appropriations Act related to coronavirus or any 
other law providing appropriations for the purpose of preventing, 
preparing for, or responding to coronavirus shall be counted as 
part of the eligible organization’s annual income. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,585,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 
Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,750,000: Pro-
vided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and representational 
expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in 
the planning and physical development of world capitals.
H. R. 2617—361 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $65,231,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which 
$4,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program 
and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall 
remain available until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Omni-
bus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–333), in an amount not to exceed $90,000,000: Provided, That 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial 
Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial 
Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), for necessary expenses 
of the World War I Centennial Commission, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition 
to the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World 
War I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, 
contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive 
branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate observances 
and activities associated with the 250th anniversary of the founding 
of the United States, as authorized by Public Law 116–282, the 
technical amendments to Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024. 
ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMISSION ON 
NATIVE CHILDREN 
For necessary expenses of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 
Soboleff Commission on Native Children (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Commission’’), $550,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to the authority 
provided by section 3(g)(5) and 3(h) of Public Law 114–244, the 
Commission may hereafter accept in-kind personnel services,
H. R. 2617—362 
contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive 
branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 
of literature that in any way tends to promote public support 
or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional 
action is not complete other than to communicate to Members 
of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 
deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund 
charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to 
support 
government-wide, 
departmental, 
agency, 
or 
bureau 
administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central oper-
ations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall 
be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 
patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary 
of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a 
patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before Sep-
tember 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 
2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) 
for vein or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, 
and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 
site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the 
applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2024, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
H. R. 2617—363 
a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104– 
208). 
(d) MINERAL
EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request 
of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 
the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 
by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct 
a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained 
in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau 
of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose 
and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard 
procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the 
retention of third-party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated 
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113– 
235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2023. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2023 LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2023 
under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 
Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs’’ and ‘‘Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, Contract Support Costs’’ are the only amounts available 
for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or self- 
governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments for fiscal year 2023 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service: Pro-
vided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available 
for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, 
or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments 
awarding contract support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 
to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) 
solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision 
of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the 
Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within 
the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National 
Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such 
plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of 
the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 
to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either
H. R. 2617—364 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 
Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 
existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 
allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 
monument. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appro-
priated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 
lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 
or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used 
to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered 
into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 
41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States 
Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638, 
25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 
specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts—
H. R. 2617—365 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an indi-
vidual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a lit-
erature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 
Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 
to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, 
including identified programs or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 
SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assist-
ance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Human-
ities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure 
that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 
serve underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically 
been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 
due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the 
poverty line or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as 
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to 
a family of the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 
public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 
5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
H. R. 2617—366 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
improve and support community-based music performance and 
education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health 
Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, 
and unobligated funds in each program and activity within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 
Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued 
by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration 
under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2023. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, 
with respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess 
wild horses and burros that have been removed from land adminis-
tered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local 
government agencies for use as work animals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under sub-
section (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or 
local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection 
(a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as 
defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an 
excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results 
in the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial 
product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a manner 
that results in the destruction of the horse or burro for proc-
essing into a commercial product; or
H. R. 2617—367 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the rec-
ommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe 
injury, illness, or advanced age. 
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available 
for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild 
horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned 
(including a contractor); or 
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the 
destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a 
commercial product. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 U.S.C. 580d 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State 
water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall 
be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, 
or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless 
all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced 
in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products means 
the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 
unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 
castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 
valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construc-
tion materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds 
that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and 
of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under 
this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public 
on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available 
to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for 
informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior 
to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site 
of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements.
H. R. 2617—368 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described 
in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF 
EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter 
into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire depart-
ments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associa-
tions, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training 
and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Not-
withstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or 
section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior 
firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions 
of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such 
organizations. 
RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 
1, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this Act, in 
this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
LOCAL CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112–74 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’. 
SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110–161 
(121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 
(16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 426. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered 
paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest
H. R. 2617—369 
Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109–54, as amended, shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION AUTHORIZATION 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 427. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law 
by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 
335(6) of Public Law 108–108 and section 432 of Public Law 113– 
76, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2019’’. 
CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 
43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any 
Federal lands within the withdrawal area identified on the map 
of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park prepared by the 
Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 2019, prior to 
the completion of the cultural resources investigation identified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 in the matter 
preceding division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260). 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 429. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the 
initial lease term shall commence no earlier than the date of receipt 
of the lease proposal. 
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human 
Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2023 consult 
with tribes and tribal organizations through public solicitation and 
other means regarding the requirements for leases under section 
105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 
transparent process for the payment of such leases. 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 430. The authority provided under the heading ‘‘Forest 
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title I of Public Law 
111–88, as amended by section 117 of division F of Public Law 
113–235, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each place it appears. 
ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEG-
ACY
RESTORATION
FUND
AND
LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION 
FUND 
SEC. 431. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts made available 
from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 
for fiscal year 2023 pursuant to subsection (c) of section 200402 
of title 54, United States Code, and as provided in subsection
H. R. 2617—370 
(e) of such section of such title, to the agencies of the Department 
of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, in 
the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names specified, 
and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled 
‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-
toration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, 
shall allocate amounts made available for expenditure from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2023 pursuant 
to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, 
to the agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled 
‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal 
Year 2023’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this sec-
tion, neither the President nor his designee may allocate any 
amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under sub-
section (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, or 
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, 
other than in amounts and for projects and activities that are 
allocated by subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, 
That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 
not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing administration 
of programs allocated funds from the National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund or the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s ‘‘Contingency 
Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ to 
any project funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 
that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen cost over-
runs, in accordance with the following requirements: 
(1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be reallocated 
if there is a risk to project completion resulting from unforeseen 
cost overruns; 
(2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be reallocated 
for cost of adjustments and changes within the original scope 
of effort for projects funded by the National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund; and 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture must provide written notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations 30 days before taking any actions authorized 
by this subsection if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin-
gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 percent 
or greater than the following, as applicable: 
(A) The amount allocated to that project in the table 
titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land
H. R. 2617—371 
Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act); or 
(B) The initial estimate in the most recent report sub-
mitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the Committees 
on Appropriations pursuant to section 431(e) of division 
G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103). 
(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
project data sheets for the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual 
List of Projects to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 
54, United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of Annual 
List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ 
line for each agency within the allocations defined in subsection 
(e) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code: Provided 
further, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any 
prior Act for the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 
such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to that 
agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, That any pro-
posals to change the scope of or terminate a previously approved 
project must be clearly identified in such submission. 
(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition 
and Forest Legacy Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 
the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission 
of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by account, 
program, and project, and that total no less than half the full 
amount allocated to each account for that land management Agency 
under the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of title 
54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event amounts allo-
cated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) 
of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code are no longer 
needed because a project has been completed or can no longer 
be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed 
for reallocation in the annual budget submission. 
(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects 
in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and on the list of 
supplementary allocations required by subparagraph (A) shall be 
comprised only of projects for which a willing seller has been 
identified and for which an appraisal or market research has been 
initiated. 
(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the Presi-
dent for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
project data sheets in the same format and containing the same 
level of detailed information that is found on such sheets in the
H. R. 2617—372 
Budget Justifications annually submitted by the Department of 
the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects in the 
‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) 
of title 54, United States Code, and in the same format and con-
taining the same level of detailed information that is found on 
such sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 
of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations 
required by subparagraph (A). 
(e) The Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of 
balances of projects and activities funded by the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and 
unobligated funds, and, for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) of this section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 
of this section. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 432. To support the key role that forests in the United 
States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United 
States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, 
consistent with their missions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal departments and 
agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest 
biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 
management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest 
biomass as an energy solution, including policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy 
and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, pro-
vided the use of forest biomass for energy production does 
not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment throughout the forest 
biomass supply chain, including in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to improve forest 
health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest 
biomass.
H. R. 2617—373 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 
21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with 
respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, 
remote incinerator’’ units in those regulations and, until a subse-
quent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the 
law and regulations in effect prior to such date. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 434. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be adver-
tised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the 
timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs 
and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest 
Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value 
appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which 
is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 
United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western 
red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States 
domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 
election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may 
be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber 
sale holder. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR 
THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 435. Funds made available or allocated in this Act to 
the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture 
that are subject to the allocations and limitations in 54 U.S.C. 
200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further 
allocated or reallocated to the Federal Highway Administration 
for transportation projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 
U.S.C. 200401(2). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 
methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 
with livestock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 437. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 
management systems.
H. R. 2617—374 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, 
ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 439. Section 8206(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(4)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
Bureau of Land Management managed’’ after ‘‘National Forest 
System’’. 
FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 
SEC. 440. Section 1701 of division B of the Extending Govern-
ment Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 
5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117–103, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and 
inserting ‘‘Any Services during a given calendar year that gen-
erate payments payable in the subsequent calendar year shall 
be disregarded in applying this subsection’’; and 
(2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting ‘‘or 2023’’ 
after ‘‘or 2022’’ each place it appears. 
FOREST SERVICE INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT 
SEC. 441. (a) INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.—Any monies covered 
into the Treasury under section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 
(Public Law 85–464; 16 U.S.C. 579c), including all monies that 
were previously collected by the United States in a forfeiture, judg-
ment, compromise, or settlement, shall be invested by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in interest bearing obligations of the United States 
to the extent the amounts are not, in the judgment of the Secretary 
of the Treasury, required to meet current withdrawals. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any interest earned under sub-
section (a) shall be available in the same manner as the monies 
covered into the Treasury under section 7 of the Act of June 
20, 1958 (Public Law 85–464; 16 U.S.C. 579c) to cover the costs 
to the United States specified in section 7 of that Act. 
(c) USE
OF FUNDS.—Any portion of the monies received or 
earned under subsection (a) in excess of the amount expended 
in performing the work necessitated by the action which led to 
their receipt may be used to cover the other work specified in 
section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 (Public Law 85–464; 16 
U.S.C. 579c). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
SEC. 442. In the table entitled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 
117–103 and in the table under the heading ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks
H. R. 2617—375 
and Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in such explanatory 
statement, the project relating to ‘‘City of Metlakatla for Solid 
Waste Multi Use Portable Shredder’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking ‘‘City of Metlakatla for Solid Waste Multi Use Portable 
Shredder’’ and inserting ‘‘Metlakatla Indian Community for Solid 
Waste Multi Use Portable Shredder’’. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
SEC. 443. (a) Section 613 of title VI of division J of Public 
Law 117–58 is repealed. 
(b) For this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, such 
sums as are available in the Hazardous Substance Superfund estab-
lished under section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
at the end of the preceding fiscal year from taxes received in 
the Treasury under subsection (b)(1) of such section shall be avail-
able, without further appropriation, to remain available until 
expended, to be used to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.): Provided, That the amount provided by this subsection 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 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), as engrossed 
in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
(c) Expenditures made pursuant to section 613 of title VI of 
division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be charged to the appropria-
tion in subsection (b). 
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
SEC. 444. Section 3 of Public Law 92–592 (16 U.S.C. 460cc– 
2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORITY
TO GRANT EASEMENTS
AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY 
PERMIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may grant, 
to any State or local government, an easement or right-of- 
way permit over Federal lands within Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area for operation and maintenance of projects for 
control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion and 
associated structures for continued public access. 
‘‘(2) CHARGES AND REIMBURSEMENTS OF COSTS.—The Sec-
retary may grant such an easement or right-of-way permit 
without charge for the value of the use so conveyed, except 
for reimbursement of costs incurred by the United States for 
processing the application therefore and managing such use. 
Amounts received as such reimbursement shall be credited 
to the relevant appropriation account.’’. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES AUTHORIZATION 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 445. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2023’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
H. R. 2617—376 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) and the National 
Apprenticeship Act, $4,140,911,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,929,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $173,649,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2023 through June 30, 2024; 
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 
2024; and 
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $235,553,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 
2024, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall 
not be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) 
of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the require-
ments of WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single application 
for a consolidated grant that awards funds that would otherwise 
be available to such areas to carry out the activities described 
in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA: Provided further, That 
such application shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require: Provided further, That outlying areas awarded a 
consolidated grant described in the preceding provisos may 
use the funds for any of the programs and activities authorized 
under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject to approval 
of the application and such reporting requirements issued by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,211,579,000 as follows: 
(A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $125,859,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 
the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 
for statewide or local use in order to address cases where
H. R. 2617—377 
there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 
dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 
such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and dem-
onstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of 
such funds to provide technical assistance and carry out 
additional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $115,000,000 shall be for training and 
employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (not-
withstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) 
and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in the Appa-
lachian region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), 
workers in the Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 
4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public Law 100– 
460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)), and workers 
in the region served by the Northern Border Regional 
Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and 
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the purpose of devel-
oping, offering, or improving educational or career 
training programs at community colleges, defined as 
public institutions of higher education, as described 
in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
and at which the associate’s degree is primarily the 
highest degree awarded, with other eligible institutions 
of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible to partici-
pate through consortia, with community colleges as 
the lead grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements for the program in House 
Report 116–62: Provided further, That any grant funds 
used for apprenticeships shall be used to support only 
apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 
of the WIOA; 
(B) $60,000,000 for Native American programs under 
section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; 
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
$90,134,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $671,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2023 through June 
30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion
H. R. 2617—378 
of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the definition of 
‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in section 167(i)(3)(A) of 
the WIOA relating to an individual being ‘‘low-income’’, 
an individual is eligible for migrant and seasonal farm-
worker programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 
that definition if, in addition to meeting the requirements 
of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), such individual 
is a member of a family with a total family income equal 
to or less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; 
(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be avail-
able for the period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024: 
Provided, That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare for employment young adults 
with criminal legal histories, young adults who have been 
justice system-involved, or young adults who have dropped 
out of school or other educational programs, with a priority 
for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2023 through 
June 30, 2024; 
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities through 
apprenticeships 
only 
registered 
under 
the 
National 
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 
of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary to carry 
out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, including equity intermediaries and 
business and labor industry partner intermediaries, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2023 through 
June 30, 2024; and 
(H) $217,324,000 for carrying out Demonstration and 
Pilot projects under section 169(c) of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2023 through 
June 30, 2024, in addition to funds available for such 
activities under subparagraph (A) 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 such funds 
may be used for projects that are related to the employment 
and training needs of dislocated workers, other adults, 
or youth: Provided further, That the 10 percent funding 
limitation under such section of the WIOA shall not apply 
to such funds: Provided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) 
of the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided fur-
ther, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act shall not apply 
to such funds.