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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, $313,872,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
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 2023: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024, for the Loan 
Modernization and Accounting System: Provided further, 
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That $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2024, for expenses relating to the certification of small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and 
small business concerns owned and controlled by service- 
disabled veterans under sections 36 and 36A of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f; 657f-1). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$326,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That $145,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal 
year 2024 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 
$22,000,000 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)). 
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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-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000, 
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 
2023 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $11,000,000,000: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2023 commitments for general business loans 
authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
$35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
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loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2023 commitments for loans authorized under sub-
paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2023 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 
further, That during fiscal year 2023, 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, 
$165,300,000, 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, $179,000,000, 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 
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appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $169,000,000 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 
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 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 550. 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 
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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. 551. 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-
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, 2026. 
SEC. 552. For an additional amount under the head-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $75,159,000, which shall be for initiatives related 
to small business development and entrepreneurship, in-
cluding programmatic and construction activities, in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 
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appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 
Small Business Administration’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding sections 
2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration may permit awards to subrecipients for initiatives 
funded under this section: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available by this section may be trans-
ferred for any other purpose. 
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, $56,253,000: 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 
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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 
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, $271,000,000, 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 
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; $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-
penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
cate of the judge. 
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
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, 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 
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 
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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 2023, 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-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
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gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 
restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 
or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 
That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 
for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 
equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 
to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 
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budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 
each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and activity as 
detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 
budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 
for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 
for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 
discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
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SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 614. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
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cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
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the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 616. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 617. (a) The head of each executive branch 
agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 
related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 
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budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 
as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 
33 of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 
in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 620. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-
terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 
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law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 
the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 
that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 
shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 
any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 
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high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-
mences. 
SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
ity. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or other- 
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 
such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 
16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
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SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 
department, agency, board or commission funded by this 
Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 
the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 
in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single conference occurring outside the 
United States unless the agency or entity determines that 
such attendance is in the national interest and advance 
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
cludes the basis of that determination. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 
the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 
Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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