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1085(a)(5)(A)(i) and 20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(ii)) or 34 
CFR 668.213(b)(1) for an institution of higher education 
that offers an associate degree, is a public institution, and 
is located in an economically distressed county, defined as 
a county with a poverty rate of at least 25 percent based 
on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Pov-
erty Estimate program data for 2017 that was impacted 
by Hurricane Matthew. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an 
institution of higher education that otherwise would be in-
eligible to participate in a program under part D of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act due to the application of sec-
tion 435(a)(2) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)) or 34 
CFR 668.206(a)(1). 
(c) COVERAGE.—This section shall be in effect for the 
period covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 315. Any remaining unobligated balances from 
amounts made available in the second and third para-
graphs under the heading ‘‘Historically Black College and 
University Capital Financing Program Account’’ in title 
III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116–260) are hereby permanently re-
scinded.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under sec-
tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $11,000,000: Pro-
vided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit 
agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, 
United States Code, to perform requirements of the Com-
mittee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code 
of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall contain such 
auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary 
to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall include the ele-
ments listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written 
Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter 
preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not
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charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with 
the Committee: Provided further, That no less than 
$2,650,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $865,409,000 , notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $19,094,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $34,505,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $6,558,000 shall be available for expenses authorized
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under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $190,550,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section
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504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $88,082,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$6,595,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2022, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
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ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and
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(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during 
a period of not more than one year may receive a national 
service education award having a value of 70 percent of 
the value of a national service education award determined 
under section 147(a) of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national service 
position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that receives 
grants under subtitle C’’. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2024, 
$525,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the
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funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system 
and other technologies and services that create infrastruc-
ture and efficiencies within the public media system, 
$20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$50,058,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special train-
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ing activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration 
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of 
the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or 
other property in the aid of any projects or functions within 
the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,539,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $268,000,000.
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MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $9,043,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $13,292,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,500,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units
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composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $14,729,000.
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,622,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $11,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2022 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 
herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023,
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which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$124,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, 
this limitation may be used to hire students attending 
qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have 
recently completed qualifying educational programs using 
current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office 
of Personnel Management. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
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thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $12,650,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$45,913,823,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $86,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2024.
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For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, 
$15,600,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
not more than $13,202,945,000 may be expended, as author-
ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from 
any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: 
Provided, That not less than $2,600,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 
$55,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2023, for activities to address the disability hearings back-
log within the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided fur-
ther, That unobligated balances of funds provided under 
this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2022 not needed 
for fiscal year 2022 shall remain available until expended 
to invest in the Social Security Administration information 
technology and telecommunications hardware and software 
infrastructure, including related equipment and non-pay-
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roll administrative expenses associated solely with this in-
formation technology and telecommunications infrastruc-
ture: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Se-
curity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for offi-
cial time for employees of the Social Security Administra-
tion pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regula-
tions, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such 
title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with 
interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures 
are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first para-
graph under this heading, not more than $1,708,000,000, 
to remain available through March 31, 2023, is for the costs 
associated with continuing disability reviews under titles 
II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-re-
lated continuing disability reviews to determine whether 
earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost 
associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility
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under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 
co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost 
associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs 
and operations of the Social Security Administration by 
Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, 
of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms 
of section 4004(b)(1)(B)(i) and section 4005(a)(2)(A) of S. 
Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and $1,435,000,000 is addi-
tional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 
4004(b)(1) and section 4005(a) of such resolution: Provided 
further, That, of the additional new budget authority de-
scribed in the preceding proviso, up to $12,100,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social 
Security Administration, for the cost of jointly operated co- 
operative disability investigation units: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the con-
clusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and 
expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were 
required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for 
fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $138,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
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collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That to the ex-
tent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2022 exceed $138,000,000, the amounts shall 
be available in fiscal year 2023 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $30,900,000, together with not to exceed 
$77,765,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, 
That $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
information technology modernization, including related 
hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and 
for administrative expenses directly associated with infor-
mation technology modernization.
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In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative
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action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and
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$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and
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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
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(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care enti-
ty’’ includes an individual physician or other health 
care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored or-
ganization, a health maintenance organization, a 
health insurance plan, or any other kind of health 
care facility, organization, or plan.
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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
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advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. 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 pur-
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suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2022, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
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(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2022, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change
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in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2022 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the explanatory statement described in section
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4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) or the fiscal year 2022 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 
value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive 
basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2022, but not to 
include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by 
law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor 
or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental pur-
pose, including a justification for issuing the award on a 
non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to 
the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter 
for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
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ance of such work under such number has formed the basis 
for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements
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contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at United States taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made avail-
able to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 
out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division 
H of Public Law 113–76, except that in carrying out such 
Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Fiscal 
Year 2022’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in the title of subsection 
(b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That
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such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of 
division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division H of Pub-
lic Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of Public Law 
115–141, section 524 of division A of Public Law 116–94, 
and section 524 of division H of Public Law 116–260. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and 
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agen-
cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au-
thorities. 
SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal 
year 2022 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the 
status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for bal-
ances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, 
and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall
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separately identify the amounts attributable to each source 
year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, 
to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which bal-
ances were derived. 
SEC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or competi-
tive grant award notifications, including supplements, 
issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 
3 full business days before any entity selected to receive a 
grant award is announced by the Department or its offices 
(other than emergency response grants at any time of the 
year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business 
days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program 
year). 
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at
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risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 527. Each department and related agency funded 
through this Act shall provide answers to questions sub-
mitted for the record by members of the Committee within 
45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the So-
cial Security Act and the income derived from investment 
of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, 
$12,679,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 529. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Adminis-
tration for Children and Families in the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and (2) The Chief Evaluation 
Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-
agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 
either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 
identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-
tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That when an office ref-
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erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 
funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use 
a single Treasury account for such activities, with funding 
advanced on a reimbursable basis. 
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are unex-
pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall imme-
diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis-
cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval-
uation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts are 
available. 
SEC. 530. (a) An institution of higher education that 
received funds under paragraph (2) of section 18004(a) of 
the CARES Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 note; 134 Stat. 567), para-
graph (2) of section 314(a) of the Coronavirus Response and 
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M 
of Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1932), or section 2003 
of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2; 135 Stat. 23) to the extent such funds are allocated (in 
accordance with such section) under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 314(a) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2021 (134 Stat. 1932) may use 
such funds for the acquisition of real property or construc-
tion directly related to preventing, preparing for, and re-
sponding to coronavirus, provided that such use meets all
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other applicable requirements and limitations specified in 
such Acts appropriating such funds. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) 
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor-
ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 
Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 
$5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000. 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 
in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$239,404,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,641,000.
1102 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $796,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$343,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,906,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,774,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$16,900,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,813,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,626,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $900,000.
1103 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,852,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,704,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $562,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $28,091,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$98,563,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $2,038,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $71,560,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $7,353,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,299,000.
1104 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, 
$30,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $136,600,000, of which 
$13,660,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $530,000.
1105 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $23,036,000, of which $8,936,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, and of which $14,100,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $151,820,874, of which 
$147,820,874 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, and of which $4,000,000 shall be for Senate hearing 
room audiovisual equipment, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER 
RECOVERY FUND 
For expenses of the Sergeant at Arms Business Con-
tinuity and Disaster Recovery Fund established in section 
5 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 
U.S.C. 6611), as amended by section 103 of this Act, 
$25,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount and any amounts transferred 
to the Fund shall be allocated in accordance with a spend-
ing plan submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate: Provided further, That the spending plan in the 
preceding proviso must be updated before any amount in 
the Fund is obligated, if such obligation is not in accord-
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ance with that plan: Provided further, That if the Sergeant 
at Arms submits to the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate a request for emergency supplemental funding, 
the Sergeant at Arms shall include with the request an up-
date to the latest spending plan submitted to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate: Provided further, That 
any spending plan submitted pursuant to the preceding 
three provisos shall include a presentation of the total 
amount of obligated and unobligated amounts in the Fund. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $23,021,500 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $486,274,200, of which $20,128,950 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro-
viding financial compensation to Senate interns. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate).
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ADJUSTMENTS TO SENATORS’ PERSONNEL AND OFFICE 
EXPENSE ACCOUNT ALLOWANCE 
SEC. 102. Effective on and after October 1, 2021, each 
of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 
dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 
effect on September 30, 2021, increased by an additional 
$75,000 each. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER 
RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 103. Section 5 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 6611) is amended— 
(1) by striking all that precedes ‘‘is authorized,’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. TRANSFER AUTHORITY AND SERGEANT AT ARMS 
BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RE-
COVERY FUND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SERGEANT AT ARMS BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND 
DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘Fund’ means the Sergeant at 
Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recov-
ery Fund established under paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘Sergeant at Arms’ means the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—There 
is 
established 
under the heading ‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE 
SENATE’ an account to be known as the ‘Sergeant at 
Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 
Fund’. 
‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund 
shall be available to the Sergeant at Arms for pur-
poses of the business continuity and disaster recovery 
needs of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), prior to the date of the withdrawal of 
amounts appropriated under the heading ‘CON-
TINGENT
EXPENSES
OF
THE
SENATE—SER-
GEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SEN-
ATE’ in accordance with the matter under the 
heading ‘GENERAL PROVISION’ under chap-
ter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107), any unobligated bal-
ances of expired discretionary appropriations of
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such amounts may be transferred by the Ser-
geant at Arms to the Fund. 
‘‘(B) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
transferred under subparagraph (A) shall re-
main available until expended. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE.—If the Sergeant at Arms in-
tends to transfer amounts under subparagraph 
(A), the Sergeant at Arms shall submit to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate writ-
ten notice not later than 15 days before the date 
of the withdrawal of such amounts in accordance 
with the matter under the heading ‘GENERAL 
PROVISION’ under chapter XI of the Third 
Supplemental 
Appropriation 
Act, 
1957 
(2 
U.S.C. 4107). 
‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY.—The authority to 
transfer amounts under this paragraph shall 
apply with respect to amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2022, or any fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 
such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2022 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.’’.
1111 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED 
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there 
is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2022 for payment to 
Jennifer K. Carnahan, beneficiary of Jim Hagedorn, late 
a Representative from the State of Minnesota, $174,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,714,996,045, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$34,949,640, including: Office of the Speaker, $10,036,950, 
including $35,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $3,565,870, including $15,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $10,036,950, including $17,500 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$2,962,080, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $2,684,990, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $2,831,400; Democratic Caucus, $2,831,400: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
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main available from January 3, 2022 until January 2, 
2023. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$774,400,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER 
OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 
5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve in the of-
fices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$15,435,000, to remain available through January 2, 2023: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, 
an office of a Member of the House of Representatives may 
use not more than $35,000 of the allowance available under 
this heading during legislative year 2022. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C. 
5106) for the compensation of interns who serve in House 
leadership offices, $438,000, to remain available through
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January 2, 2023: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $240,500 shall be available for the com-
pensation of interns who serve in offices of the majority, 
to be allocated among such offices by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and $197,500 shall be available 
for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority 
Floor Leader. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
STANDING, SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEE OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1) 
of this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in 
offices of standing, special, and select committees (other 
than the Committee on Appropriations), $1,943,910, to re-
main available through January 2, 2023: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $971,955 shall 
be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
offices of the majority, and $971,955 shall be available for 
the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the mi-
nority, to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in 
consultation with the ranking minority member, of the 
Committee on House Administration.
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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2) 
of this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in 
offices of the Committee on Appropriations, $345,584: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$172,792 shall be available for the compensation of interns 
who serve in offices of the majority, and $172,792 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in of-
fices of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by 
the Chair, in consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, of the Committee on Appropriations. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$167,101,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $29,917,250, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section
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202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2022. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $288,480,800, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $36,500,000, of which $9,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $27,695,000, of 
which $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $193,187,800, of 
which $30,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and In-
clusion, $3,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain
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available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,912,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,134,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,600,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $12,625,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $934,000; for other 
authorized employees, $624,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $399,984,861, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
contractor support for actuarial projections, and other ap-
plicable employee benefits, $356,000,000, to remain avail-
able until March 31, 2023, except that $25,000,000 of such
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amount shall remain available until expended; salaries and 
expenses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$23,812,861, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $5,895,000, to remain available until expended; Green 
and Gold Congressional Aide Program under section 114 
of this Act, $9,294,000, to remain available until expended; 
Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,738,000; and miscella-
neous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re-
pair and operation of House motor vehicles, inter-
parliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de-
ceased employees of the House, $1,500,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
tiatives Account established under section 115 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That disbursement from this account is subject to approval 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
account shall only be used for initiatives recommended by 
the Select Committee on Modernization or approved by the 
Committee on House Administration.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2022. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2022 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any
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Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu-
rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys-
tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure 
the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ-
ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread 
or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 
ALLOWANCES FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
COMMITTEE OFFICES 
SEC. 113. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ALLOWANCES.— 
There are established for the House of Representatives the 
following allowances: 
(1) An allowance which shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in offices of a 
standing, special, or select committee of the House 
(other than the Committee on Appropriations).
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(2) An allowance which shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 
Committee on Appropriations. 
(b) BENEFIT
EXCLUSION.—Section 104(b) of the 
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with respect 
to an intern who is compensated under an allowance under 
this section in the same manner as such section applies with 
respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ 
Representational Allowance. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘intern’’, 
with respect to a committee of the House, has the meaning 
given such term with respect to a Member of the House of 
Representatives in section 104(c)(2) of the House of Rep-
resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO TRANS-
FER OF AMOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation 
of Interns in Member Offices’,’’ the following: ‘‘ ‘Allowance 
for Compensation of Interns in House Appropriations Com-
mittee Offices’, ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 
House Standing, Special and Select Committee Offices’,’’.
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
GREEN AND GOLD CONGRESSIONAL AIDE PROGRAM 
SEC. 114. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
in the House of Representatives the Green and Gold Con-
gressional Aide Program (hereafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Program’’) for veterans and Gold Star Families, 
under the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives, under which an eligible indi-
vidual may serve a 2-year fellowship in the office of a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or House Offi-
cer. 
(b) PLACEMENT.—An individual may serve a fellow-
ship under the Program at the Member’s office in the Dis-
trict of Columbia or the Member’s office in the congressional 
district the Member represents. Fellows assigned to House 
Officers may serve where assigned. 
(c) EXCLUSION OF APPOINTEES FOR PURPOSES OF 
LIMIT ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN MEMBER OFFICES.— 
Any individual serving a fellowship under the Program in 
the office of a Member shall not be included in the deter-
mination of the number of employees employed by the Mem-
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ber under section 104(a) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 
5321(a)). 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Program shall be carried out 
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each 
succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the Program. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DAVID R. OBEY HEARING ROOM 
SEC. 115. Hereafter, the hearing room of the Sub-
committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu-
cation, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives (room 2358–C of 
the Rayburn House Office Building) shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘David R. Obey Room’’. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $12,385,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,880,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from
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which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $4,063,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,606,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $468,861,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$71,289,224 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the
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employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $133,648,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost 
of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2022 shall be 
paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
NOTIFICATION OF OBLIGATION 
SEC. 120. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Chief of the United States Capitol Police shall 
provide written notice to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives before any obligation of funds 
under section 2802(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) that equals or exceeds 
$100,000. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 
of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $7,500,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023, and of which not more than $1,000 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $60,953,000: 
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than $500,000 
of the amount made available under this heading for (1) 
improving technical systems, processes, and models for the 
purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budg-
etary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members 
of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the avail-
ability of models, economic assumptions, and data for Mem-
bers of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
eration, and general and administrative support in connec-
tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec-
trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or ex-
change, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle, $139,116,500, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $42,579,000, of which 
$12,899,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $15,237,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2026. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $81,977,000, of which 
$9,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $212,422,500, 
of which $12,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and of which $128,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the restoration and renovation 
of the Cannon House Office Building: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $9,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the House Office Building 
Fund established under section 176(d) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 101(3) of 
the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note).
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CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 
and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $114,598,000, of which 
$24,575,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That not more than $10,000,000 of the 
funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation 
as herein provided shall be available for obligation during 
fiscal year 2022. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
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buildings and grounds, $64,544,000, of which $31,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 
the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap-
itol security operations, $62,389,733, of which $637,639 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and be 
used to make bulk purchases of, store, and distribute in co-
ordination with partnering agencies personal protective 
equipment wherever needed, subject to prior notification to 
the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House 
Committee on Appropriations, and $30,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $24,463,500, of which $10,100,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums
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as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $25,569,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 130. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
AVAILABILITY OF COINS COLLECTED FROM FOUNTAINS FOR 
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS 
SEC. 131. Section 504 of Public Law 110–437 (as codi-
fied at 2 U.S.C. 2273) is amended in subsection (c) by add-
ing before the period at the end of the first sentence the
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following: ‘‘, and maintaining fountains under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol’’. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 
services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 
trust fund held by the Board, $550,620,874, and, in addi-
tion, amounts credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 2022 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under 
the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized 
for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
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more than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, including for the 
Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $9,661,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Teaching with Primary Sources pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $1,419,000 shall remain available until expended 
for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial Manage-
ment System: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the pro-
gram and facilitate a greater number of donations to eligi-
ble entities across the United States: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $3,831,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Veterans History Project 
to continue digitization efforts of already collected mate-
rials, reach a greater number of veterans to record their 
stories, and promote public access to the Project: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the Library’s Vis-
itor Experience project, and may be obligated and expended 
only upon approval by the Subcommittee on the Legislative 
Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the Legisla-
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tive Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$98,038,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2022 
under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 
Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate 
or expend any funds derived from collections under such 
section in excess of the amount authorized for obligation 
or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That not more than $6,969,000 shall be derived from collec-
tions during fiscal year 2022 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, 
That the total amount available for obligation shall be re-
duced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$44,973,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for mod-
ernization initiatives, of which $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That 
not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is 
available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy-
right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of
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Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for 
activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 
copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of 
title 17, United States Code, any amounts made available 
under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees 
and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant 
to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $129,106,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of
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Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden-
tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro-
vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in-
cludes any written product containing research or analysis 
that is currently available for general congressional access 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made 
available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 
course of business and does not include material prepared 
in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal-
ysis or research. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT 
DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$61,227,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and print disabled residents at no cost 
to the individual.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 140. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2022, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$292,430,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
GIFTS 
SEC. 141. (a) REVISING AUTHORITIES OF LIBRARIAN 
TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—The first undesignated paragraph of 
section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library 
of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, 
approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(3) gifts or 
bequests of money for immediate disbursement’’; 
and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ‘‘; and (4) gifts or be-
quests of securities or other personal property.’’;
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(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘of 
money’’ after ‘‘bequests’’; 
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘enter 
them’’ and inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest, or pro-
ceeds’’; and 
(4) by inserting after the second sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a gift of securi-
ties, the Librarian shall sell the gift and provide the 
donor with such acknowledgment as needed for the 
donor to substantiate the gift.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ORDERS UNDER TASK AND 
DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS 
SEC. 142. (a) CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS.—An order 
issued under a task order contract or a delivery order con-
tract (as such terms are defined in section 4101 of title 41, 
United States Code) entered into by the Librarian of Con-
gress may not increase the scope, period, or maximum value 
of the contract under which the order is issued. The scope, 
period, or maximum value of the contract may be increased 
only by modification of the contract.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS
FROM
ADVERTISING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 6102 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.—Section 6101 of this 
title does not apply to a procurement made against an 
order placed under a task order contract or a delivery order 
contract (as such terms are defined in section 4101 of this 
title) entered into by the Librarian of Congress.’’. 
(c) PROTESTS.— 
(1) PROTEST NOT AUTHORIZED.—A protest to 
an order described in subsection (a) filed pursuant to 
the procedures in subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 
31, United States Code, is not authorized unless such 
protest— 
(A) is an objection on the basis that the 
order is in violation of subsection (a); or 
(B) concerns an order valued in excess of 
$10,000,000. 
(2) JURISDICTION
OVER
PROTESTS.—Notwith-
standing section 3556 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Comptroller General shall have exclusive jurisdic-
tion of a protest authorized under paragraph (1)(B). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; publishing of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
publishing, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $78,872,161: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
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gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended 
balances of expired discretionary funds made available 
under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading 
‘‘GOVERNMENT
PUBLISHING
OFFICE
BUSINESS
OPER-
ATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth 
fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds 
are available for the purposes for which appropriated, to 
be available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 
of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 
used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
in any format, and their distribution to the public, Mem-
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bers of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $34,020,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are 
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional 
serial sets and other related publications for the preceding 
two fiscal years to depository and other designated libraries: 
Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances 
of expired discretionary funds made available under this 
heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERN-
MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS RE-
VOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 
for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,345,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make
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such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro-
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vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS 
OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ may not be 
used for contracted security services at Government Pub-
lishing Office’s passport facility in the District of Colum-
bia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $719,230,113:
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Provided, That, in addition, $38,900,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP FUND 
For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter-
national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the 
Congressional Office for International Leadership under 
section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), as amended by section 140 of this 
Act, $6,000,000: Provided, That funds made available to 
support Russian participants shall only be used for those 
engaging in free market development, humanitarian activi-
1146 
ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi-
cials of the central government of Russia. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
CONVERSION OF OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TO 
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP 
SEC. 150. (a) CONVERSION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Section 313 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 
U.S.C. 1151) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OPEN 
WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER’’ and insert-
ing 
‘‘CONGRESSIONAL 
OFFICE 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
legislative branch of the Government an office to be 
known as the ‘Congressional Office for International 
Leadership’ (the ‘Office’).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘The Center’’ and inserting ‘‘The Of-
fice’’. 
(2) PURPOSE; GRANT PROGRAM; APPLICATION.— 
Section 313(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1151(b)) is 
amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Cen-
ter’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Cen-
ter’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Of-
fice’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Center’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Office’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4)(B)(iv), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’. 
(3) TRUST FUND.—Section 313(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be 
known as the ‘Congressional Office for International 
Leadership Fund’ (the ‘Fund’), which shall consist of 
amounts which may be appropriated, credited, or 
transferred to it under this section.’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ each place it 
appears in paragraphs (2) and (3)(B) and in-
serting ‘‘the Office’’.
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(4) EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.—Section 313(d) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Office’’. 
(5) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS.—Section 
313(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1151(e)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Office’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION OF EMERGING CIVIC LEADERS OF 
ELIGIBLE FOREIGN STATES.—Section 313(b) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 1151(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘political lead-
ers’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting ‘‘political and civic leaders’’. 
(c) REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference in any law, 
rule, or regulation— 
(1) to the Open World Leadership Center shall be 
deemed to refer to the Congressional Office for Inter-
national Leadership; and 
(2) to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund shall be deemed to refer to the Congressional Of-
fice for International Leadership Fund. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This section and the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on
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or after the later of October 1, 2021, or the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SERVICE
OF
CURRENT
EXECUTIVE
DIREC-
TOR.—The individual serving as the Executive Direc-
tor of the Open World Leadership Center as of the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
be deemed to have been appointed by the Librarian 
of Congress to serve as the Executive Director of the 
Congressional Office for International Leadership. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2022 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing
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law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other
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offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless 
through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of 
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 
2242(b)(8)). 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire 
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech-
nologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or mod-
erate impact information system, as defined for security 
categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
1153 
tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 
the equipment or system has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 
inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate im-
pact information systems within the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 
high or moderate impact system, including any risk 
associated with such system being produced, manufac-
tured, or assembled by one or more entities identified 
by the United States Government as posing a cyber 
threat, including but not limited to, those that may 
be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Re-
public of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Rus-
sian Federation.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high or 
moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed 
under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity 
described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi-
tion of such telecommunications equipment for inclu-
sion in a high or moderate impact system is in the 
vital national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high 
or moderate impact system intended for acquisition 
and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies 
identified in paragraph (1), provided that such report 
may include a classified annex as necessary. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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work 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, or adjudication activities or 
other official government activities. 
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION 
SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 
that contract with a food service provider or providers shall 
confer and coordinate with such food service provider or 
providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups, 
to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from 
plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and 
increase recycling and composting opportunities. 
CAPITOL COMPLEX HEALTH AND SAFETY 
SEC. 211. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
under this Act under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE ATTEND-
ING PHYSICIAN’’, there is hereby appropriated to the Office 
of the Attending Physician $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for response to COVID–19, including test-
ing, subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
amounts appropriated under such heading.
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ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR PERSONNEL OF CERTAIN 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES 
SEC. 212. (a) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 
1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to fix the annual rates of 
pay for the Architect of the Capitol and the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol’’ (2 U.S.C. 1802) is amended by striking 
‘‘the maximum rate’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the 
annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Subsection (c) 
of the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish 
by law the position of Chief of the Capitol Police, and for 
other purposes’’ (2 U.S.C. 1902) is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,000 less than’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the 
annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the first day 
of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SENATE STAFF COMPENSATION 
SEC. 213. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CHANGE IN MAXIMUM RATES.—Section 105 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 
U.S.C. 4575) is amended by striking ‘‘$173,900’’ each
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘the annual rate of 
basic pay in effect for level II of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code’’. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Federal 
Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4571) 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and ad-
just’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and Sen-
ators.’’ and inserting ‘‘, subject to section 
105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’; 
(ii) by striking subsection (d); and 
(iii) by redesignating subsections (e) 
and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respec-
tively. 
(B) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 315(a) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1991 (2 U.S.C. 4573(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘to the extent’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘Senators.’’ and inserting ‘‘, subject to section 
105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the first day 
of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
PLAQUE TO HONOR MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO 
RESPONDED ON JANUARY 6 
SEC. 214. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that the United States owes its deepest gratitude 
to those officers of the United States Capitol Police and the 
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Colum-
bia, as well as officers from other Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies and protective entities, who val-
iantly protected the United States Capitol, Members of Con-
gress, and staff on January 6, 2021. 
(b) PLAQUE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall 
obtain an honorific plaque listing the names of all of the 
officers of the United States Capitol Police, the Metropoli-
tan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and 
other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
and protective entities who responded to the violence that 
occurred at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, 
and shall place the plaque at a permanent location on the 
western front of the United States Capitol.
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(c) COMPILATION
AND CONFIRMATION
OF LIST
OF 
NAMES.— 
(1) LIST OF NAMES FOR PLAQUE.—The Chairs 
and Ranking Members of the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen-
ate, and the Subcommittees on the Legislative Branch 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate shall jointly compile and 
confirm a list of the officers of the United States Cap-
itol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies and protective entities 
whose names should be included on the plaque under 
this section. 
(2) INCLUSION
OF
NAMES
OF
SPECIFIC
OFFI-
CERS.—In compiling the list under paragraph (1), 
the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Committees 
and Subcommittees described in such paragraph shall 
include the names of the specific individuals described 
in paragraph (2) of section 215(c) of H. R. 4346, One 
Hundred Seventeenth Congress, as passed by the 
House of Representatives on July 28, 2021. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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DIVISION 
J—MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,051,772,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $190,619,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$182,080,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Military Con-
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struction, Army’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $2,644,277,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $453,652,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author-
ized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $476,145,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified under 
the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
1162 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $2,204,750,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $287,175,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $291,060,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air 
Force’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,206,051,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$347,727,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $91,655,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Military Con-
1164 
struction, Defense-Wide’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $337,893,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex-
ceed $57,725,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $49,790,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified under 
the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army National 
Guard’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
1165 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$305,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$23,682,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $104,280,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified under 
the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $94,111,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $7,167,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $29,200,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army 
Reserve’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
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rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$71,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,005,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec-
retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $120,074,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $5,830,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $41,700,000
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shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air 
Force Reserve’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $215,853,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $529,639,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
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pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$99,849,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $391,227,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $77,616,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$357,341,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law,
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$115,716,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$325,445,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $49,785,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $6,081,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $494,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 
supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
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in are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
United States for which specific appropriations have not 
been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 
of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another,
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without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
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tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 
of any proposed military exercise involving United States 
personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress.
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SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in-
creased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the
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Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of
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1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 
the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 
U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 
be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not 
be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
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SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
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in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $636,100,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $1,281,980,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$237,450,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$93,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$71,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$86,620,000;
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‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$29,200,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 
$44,000,000; and 
‘‘Family 
Housing 
Construction, 
Army’’, 
$88,064,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction and cost to complete projects identified in 
the respective military department’s unfunded priority list 
for fiscal year 2022 submitted to Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That such projects are subject to authorization prior 
to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out con-
struction: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con-
struction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in a National Defense Authoriza-
1181 
tion Act specified for fiscal year 2022 in the funding table 
in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized 
projects. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, 
funds made available in this Act or any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated before October 1, 2023 for fiscal year 2017 military 
construction projects for which project authorization has 
not lapsed or for which authorization is extended for fiscal 
year 2022 by a National Defense Authorization Act: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be obligated pursuant to this 
section from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Defense from prior appropriations Acts 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, 
$131,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
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et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 128. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, un-
specified minor construction, and authorized major con-
struction projects, for construction improvements to Depart-
ment of Defense laboratory facilities, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $85,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $25,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this section: Pro-
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vided further, That the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $275,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, for Shipyard 
Infrastructure Optimization Plan unspecified worldwide 
construction: Provided, That such funds may only be obli-
gated to carry out construction projects identified in the 
Department of the Navy’s unfunded priority list for fiscal 
year 2022 submitted to Congress or for planning and design 
necessary to support the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimiza-
tion Plan: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, or 
his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $153,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects specified in a National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2022 in the funding table in section 4601
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of that Act: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, or his 
or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 
unspecified minor construction, for improving military in-
stallation resilience, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $25,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $40,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $40,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this section: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 
child development centers, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $11,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $11,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $11,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for expenses incurred as a 
result of natural disasters, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $20,000,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$130,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
1186 
ment concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 135. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$86,536,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$35,371,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
tary department’s cost to complete projects list of previously 
appropriated projects submitted to Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That such projects are subject to authorization prior 
to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out con-
struction: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, or his or her designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 136. The Secretary concerned may waive the per-
centage or dollar cost limitations applicable to a military 
construction project or a military family housing project
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with a total authorized cost less than $500,000,000 pursu-
ant to subsection (c) of section 2853 of title 10, United 
States Code, with notice to the congressional defense com-
mittees, even if that waiver would increase the project cost 
by more than 50 percent of the total authorized cost of the 
project: Provided, That such authority to waive cost limita-
tions may only be used by the Secretary concerned with 
respect to a military construction or military family hous-
ing project with a total authorized cost greater than 
$500,000,000 with notice to the congressional defense com-
mittees, if that waiver would not increase the project cost 
by more than 50 percent of the total authorized cost of the 
project: Provided further, That the authority provided by 
this section shall remain available until enactment of a Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 
SEC. 137. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $50,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, for planning and 
design of water treatment and distribution facilities con-
struction: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Navy may not obligate or
1188 
expend any funds prior to approval by the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the expendi-
ture plan required by this section. 
SEC. 138. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified to address cost increases iden-
tified subsequent to the fiscal year 2022 budget request for 
authorized major construction projects included in that re-
quest, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $4,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $11,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $25,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$30,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$11,800,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$5,800,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 
$4,400,000; and 
‘‘Family Housing Construction, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps’’, $13,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 139. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified to address cost increases for 
authorized major construction projects funded by this Act, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $20,800,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $18,926,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $46,574,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$11,410,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$9,961,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$9,180,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$7,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 
$2,000,000:
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Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 140. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
Code, $8,955,364,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2021, to remain available until ex-
pended; and, in addition, $152,016,542,000, which shall be-
come available on October 1, 2022, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,115,000
1192 
of the amount made available for fiscal year 2023 under 
this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’ for necessary expenses in imple-
menting the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 
38, United States Code, the funding source for which is spe-
cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ ap-
propriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be 
earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the 
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home 
care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, $8,906,851,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2022, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 
program services and assistance which the Secretary is au-
thorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of 
title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs 
(1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged 
to this account.
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VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United States 
Code, $109,865,000, which shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2022, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 
by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 
United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That, during fiscal year 2022, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $229,500,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,838, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
1194 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$1,662,758. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $429,467, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,400,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $3,453,813,000: Provided, 
That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans:
1195 
(1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 
and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 
to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance and 
support services for caregivers as authorized by section 
1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments au-
thorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Om-
nibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 
124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 
allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 
States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, 
United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary
1196 
to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 
States Code, and hospital care and medical services author-
ized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; 
$70,323,116,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2022, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2022, under this heading, 
$1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es-
tablish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 
for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 
income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the
1197 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup-
plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, at non-Department facilities, $3,269,000,000, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2021; and, in addition, $24,156,659,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2022, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2022, under 
this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42
1198 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $9,673,409,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2022, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2022, under this 
heading, $200,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services; $7,133,816,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2022, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2022, under
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this heading, $350,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$882,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $394,000,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $401,200,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $228,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital
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asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $4,842,800,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,414,215,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided further, That $3,131,585,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided further, That $297,000,000 shall be for in-
formation technology systems development, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, op-
erations and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development may be transferred among the three sub-
accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
count for development may be transferred among projects 
or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 
project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$3,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for infor-
mation technology systems development shall be for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, 
development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte-
nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and sala-
ries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, 
United States Code, $2,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports de-
tailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment imple-
mentation by facility, including any changes from the de-
ployment plan or schedule: Provided further, That the funds 
provided in this account shall only be available to the Office 
of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office: 
Provided further, That 25 percent of the funds made avail-
1203 
able under this heading shall not be available until July 
1, 2022, and are contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs providing a plan with benchmarks and measurable 
metrics for deployment, and a plan for addressing all re-
quired infrastructure upgrades, no later than 30 days prior 
to that date to the Committees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $239,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the
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amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$1,611,000,000, of which $911,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, and of which $700,000,000 
shall 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$100,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 
projects and seismic program management activities, in-
cluding for projects that would otherwise be funded by the 
Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or Na-
tional Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs as-
sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activi-
ties, including portfolio development and management ac-
tivities, and planning, cost estimating, and design for 
major medical facility projects and major medical facility 
leases and investment strategy studies funded through the 
advance planning fund and the planning and design activi-
ties funded through the design fund, staffing expenses, and 
funds provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance 
of land for the National Cemetery Administration through 
the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for any project 
that has not been notified to Congress through the budgetary
1205 
process or that has not been approved by the Congress 
through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory 
statement accompanying such Act and presented to the 
President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reim-
burse the ‘‘General Administration’’ account for payment 
of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and 
Facilities Management employees to support the full range 
of capital infrastructure services provided, including minor 
construction and leasing services: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 
2022, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by 
the awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2022; and (2) by the awarding of a construction 
contract by September 30, 2023: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a written report on any approved major construction 
project for which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, amounts made available under this 
heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic pro-
gram management activities shall be available for the com-
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pletion of both new and existing seismic projects of the De-
partment. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$553,000,000, of which $497,700,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, and of which $55,300,000 shall 
remain available until expended, along with unobligated 
balances of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appro-
priations which are hereby made available for any project 
where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount 
set forth in such section: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of
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the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department which are necessary because of loss 
or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 
and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to min-
imize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $48,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ASSET AND INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW 
For carrying out the VA Asset and Infrastructure Re-
view Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title II of Public Law 115– 
182), $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2022 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and
1209 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 
in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 
for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 
to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons
1210 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2022 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2022 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by
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that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services shall be available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 
Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative 
Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human 
Resources and Administration for all services provided at 
rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed 
$78,417,225 for the Office of Resolution Management, Di-
versity and Inclusion, $6,609,000 for the Office of Employ-
ment 
Discrimination 
Complaint 
Adjudication, 
and 
$3,822,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution function 
within the Office of Human Resources and Administration: 
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for serv-
ices to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘Gen-
eral Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the serv-
ice. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter
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17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’.
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SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in-
cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 
rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within
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the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 
Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year
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2022 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 
may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In-
formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 
That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 
up to $379,009,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds
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may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That section 220 of title II of divi-
sion J of Public Law 116–260 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2022, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, up to $323,242,000, plus reimbursements, may 
be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund
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upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended.
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SEC. 405. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired 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 confidential or propri-
etary 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.
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sultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available for the 
Office of International Religious Freedom, Department of 
State. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 
shall be made available for international religious freedom 
programs and funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for 
humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted eth-
nic and religious minorities: Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large 
for International Religious Freedom, in consultation with 
other relevant United States Government officials, and shall 
be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations.