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and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 545. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 546. With respect to projects funded under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 
and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 547. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act for the General Services Administration or any 
other Federal agency may be obligated or expended for 
the leasing of facilities for temporary or permanent use 
by the United States Space Command for headquarters 
operations until the report required under subsection (b) 
is submitted. 
(b) The Administrator of the General Services Ad-
ministration, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air 
Force, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
on all leased facilities associated with the United States 
Space Command headquarters. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
lic Law 93–642, $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $47,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and in addition not to exceed 
$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL 
FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
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Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 
seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-
ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 
and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 
Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 
106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 
and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 
available until expended for audits and investigations of 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 
consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, and for annual independent financial audits of 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 
the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
289). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
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ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,296,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$427,250,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 
Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 
manage, and store Government records. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 
1978, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$6,400,000. 
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and museum exhibits, related equipment 
for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 
holdings, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 
and 9910, $3,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2024, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the chapter 131 
of tile 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 
1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 
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Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$22,377,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and pay-
ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$164,934,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $1,167,805 may be made 
available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities 
of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of 
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Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of such workforce and information tech-
nology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or 
for management solutions to improve acquisition manage-
ment; and in addition $174,714,000 for administrative ex-
penses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 
of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 
insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions 
of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use 
applicable 
trust 
funds 
as 
provided 
by 
sections 
8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 
8988(f)(2)(A), 
and 
9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 
OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: 
Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 
White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 
11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2024, 
accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development 
of publicity materials to provide information about the 
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White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts 
made available under this heading may be transferred to 
an information technology working capital fund estab-
lished for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of 
division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 
note): Provided further, That the OPM Director shall no-
tify, and receive approval from, the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer under the pre-
ceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts trans-
ferred to such a fund under such transfer authority from 
any organizational category of OPM shall not exceed 5 
percent of each such organizational category’s budget as 
identified in the report required by section 608 of this Act: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 
shall remain available for obligation through September 
30, 2027. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$5,150,000, and in addition, not to exceed $28,083,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, $31,904,000. 
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,605,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $1,999,663,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 
for the International Organization of Securities Commis-
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sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 
by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 
regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 
staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 
such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-
trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 
foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-
penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 
(3) related lodging or subsistence; and of which not more 
than $644,719,000 shall be for the Division of Enforce-
ment. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 
replication, and related costs associated with a replace-
ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia 
headquarters facilities, not to exceed $25,243,000, to re-
main available until expended; and for move, replication, 
and related costs associated with a replacement lease for 
the Commission’s Atlanta Office facilities, not to exceed 
$14,415,000, to remain available until expended. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Pro-
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vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,999,663,000 of 
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 
$25,243,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
able until expended for move, replication, and related costs 
under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 
the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili-
ties; and not to exceed $14,415,000 of such offsetting col-
lections shall be available until expended for move, replica-
tion, and related costs under this heading associated with 
a replacement lease for the Commission’s Atlanta Office 
facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2024 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2024 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the ap-
propriation for move, replication, and related costs associ-
ated with a replacement lease for the Commission’s Dis-
trict of Columbia headquarters facilities or if any amount 
of the appropriation for move, replication, and related 
costs associated with a replacement lease for the Commis-
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sion’s Atlanta Regional Office facilities is subsequently de- 
obligated by the Commission, such amount that was de-
rived from the general fund shall be returned to the gen-
eral fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees 
or assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid 
to each national securities exchange and national securi-
ties association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or 
assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 
national securities association under section 31 of the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal 
year 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SECURITIES AND 
EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SEC. 550. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardiza-
tion of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (87 
Fed. Reg. 21334 (April 11, 2022)) or any substantially 
similar rule. 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 
rulemaking entitled ‘‘Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk 
Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N- 
PORT Reporting’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 77172 (December 16, 
2022)). 
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SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 
rulemaking entitled ‘‘Regulation Best Execution’’, ‘‘Order 
Competition Rule’’, and ‘‘Regulation NMS: Minimum 
Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency of 
Better Priced Order’’. 
SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Commission to compel a private 
company to make a public offering under the Securities 
Act of 1933 by amending the ‘‘held of record’’ definition 
under section 12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934. 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by Act 
may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission 
to finalize, implement, or enforce the rulemaking entitled 
‘‘Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 
14672 (March 9, 2023)). 
SEC. 555. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used, during the 270-day period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act, to collect, or imple-
ment any program that would collect, retail investor per-
sonally identifiable information (in this section referred to 
as ‘‘PII’’) by the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Consoli-
dated Audit Trail, LLC, Customer Account Information 
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System, or any other legal entity under Securities and Ex-
change Committee Rule 613. 
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit a report to Congress, not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, on analysis 
of— 
(1) the privacy concerns, the constitutionality, 
and the current law in the Federal judicial circuits 
and the Supreme Court regarding the legality of the 
collection of retail investor PII by a regulator with-
out any evidence of wrongdoing; and 
(2) whether Congress has given the SEC the 
implicit or explicit statutory authority to create a 
national database that collects the PII of retail in-
vestors. 
SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 
rulemaking entitled ‘‘Amendments Regarding the Defini-
tion of ‘‘Exchange’’ and Alternative Trading Systems 
(ATSs) That Trade U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities, 
National Market System (NMS) Stocks, and Other Secu-
rities’’. 
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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $278,378,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 
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shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 
lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 
and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 
received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 
out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Small Business Administration 
may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 
fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 
be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided further, That $20,500,000 shall be available for 
costs associated with the certification of small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-dis-
abled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and 
section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until 
September 30, 2024. 
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ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$299,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal 
year 2025 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 
marketing, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the 
microloan 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business con-
cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
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, $32,020,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
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bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,466,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2024 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-
mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 
section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-
gate, $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2024 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
$32,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2024 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided 
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further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$163,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $178,000,000, to be available until ex-
pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $168,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 
of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 
for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 
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heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-
clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-
vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 
this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 560. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 561. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
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ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 
as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 
A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 
1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 
to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out an enforcement action 
against a recipient of Federal assistance for a major dis-
aster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) in any case in which such recipient— 
(1) is unable to make monthly repayments for 
a duplication of benefits under section 312 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155); and 
(2) has not yet received Community Develop-
ment Block Grant funds for which such recipient is 
eligible. 
SEC. 563. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Small Business Administration 
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to further fund or transfer funds to the Community Navi-
gator Pilot Program established under section 5004 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9013). 
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Small Business Administration 
to fund climate change initiatives. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $35,424,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-
ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 
or employee of any State or local child support enforce-
ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 
or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 
information requested or provided concerning an address 
of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 
close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 
further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 
continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 
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Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-
ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $274,467,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $46,375,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the amount 
made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred 
and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C. 
7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation 
and maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Pro-
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vided further, That travel expenses of the judges shall be 
paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 
in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
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pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
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