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(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
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board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2023 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is
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made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 
of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 
an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 
investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion.
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 
such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in-
formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General or the Office of Special Counsel 
of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mis-
management, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, 
or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safe-
ty, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The defini-
tions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and li-
abilities created by controlling Executive orders and statu-
tory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and 
are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the pre-
ceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form
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or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected 
with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related 
activity, other than an employee or officer of the United 
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to 
the particular activity for which such document is to be 
used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require 
that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 
not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official 
of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that 
are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 
into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
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with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 
unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau
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of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public website. 
SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the 
rate payable to the Vice President during calendar year 
2023 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President on De-
cember 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–103. 
(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 
2023 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
cember 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division 
E of Public Law 117–103. Such an employee may not re-
ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2023, except as 
provided in subsection (i).
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(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision 
of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject 
to subsection (b) in the same manner as other employees 
who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above the official rate for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, an employee described in paragraph 
(1) may not receive a pay rate increase during calendar 
year 2023, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code, or similar authority) at or above the official rate for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a polit-
ical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase dur-
ing calendar year 2023, except as provided in subsection
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(i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the Gen-
eral Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay sys-
tem, to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, 
United States Code, or to employees in another pay system 
whose position would be classified at GS–15 or below if 
chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment 
from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
applicable law. 
(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
for such time as that election is in effect. 
(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay en-
titlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that election 
is in effect. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 
upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi-
tion only if that new position has higher-level duties and 
a pre-established level or range of pay higher than the level 
or range for the position held immediately before the move-
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ment. Any such increase must be based on the rates of pay 
and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay in effect 
on December 31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of divi-
sion E of Public Law 117–103. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division E of Public 
Law 117–103. 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023 
but ends in calendar year 2024, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 
of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 
pay is restricted under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
2023. 
SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of the 
relevant department or agency, as the case may be, shall
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report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts and 
a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each 
report shall also be transmitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
and the Comptroller General on the same date the report 
is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the execu-
tive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and any other ap-
propriate congressional committees if— 
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of title 
31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obliga-
tion of such appropriation or the execution of a pro-
gram, project, or activity by such department or 
agency. 
(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional com-
mittee pursuant to this section shall contain information 
identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation name,
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and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund ac-
count. 
SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 
provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of the Stand-
ing Rules of the Senate that is included in the report or 
explanatory statement accompanying any such Act shall be 
deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award with respect 
to such funds for purposes of the requirements of 2 CFR 
200.334, regarding records retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, 
regarding access by the Comptroller General of the United 
States. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 
amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities described 
in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the Comp-
troller General. 
SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds made 
available by this or any other Act to any Federal agency 
may be used by that Federal agency for interagency funding 
for coordination with, participation in, or recommenda-
tions involving, activities of the U.S. Army Medical Re-
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search and Development Command, the Congressionally Di-
rected Medical Research Programs and the National Insti-
tutes of Health research programs. 
SEC. 752. (a)(1) Not later than 100 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Di-
rector’’), in coordination with the Architectural and Trans-
portation Barriers Compliance Board and the Adminis-
trator of General Services (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’), shall disseminate amended or updated 
criteria and instructions to any Federal department or 
agency (in this section referred to as an ‘‘agency’’) covered 
by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
794d) for the evaluation required pursuant to paragraph 
(3)(B). 
(2) Such criteria and instructions shall— 
(A) include, at minimum, requirements that in-
formation technologies and digital services must– 
(i) conform to the technical standards ref-
erenced in subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section 
508, as determined by appropriate conformance 
testing; and 
(ii) be accessible to and usable by individ-
uals with disabilities as determined from con-
sultation with individuals with disabilities, in-
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cluding those with visual, auditory, tactile, and 
cognitive disabilities, or members of any dis-
ability organization; and 
(B) provide guidance to agencies regarding the 
types and format of data and information to be sub-
mitted to the Director and the Administrator pursu-
ant to paragraph (3), including how to submit such 
data and information, the metrics by which compli-
ance will be assessed in the reports required in sub-
section (b), and any other directions necessary for 
agencies to demonstrate compliance with accessibility 
standards for electronic and information technology 
procured and in use within an agency, as required by 
such section 508. 
(3) Not later than 225 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the head of each agency shall— 
(A) evaluate the extent to which the electronic 
and information technology of the agency are acces-
sible to and usable by individuals with disabilities de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) of such section 508 com-
pared to the access to and use of the technology and 
services by individuals described in such section who 
are not individuals with disabilities;
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(B) evaluate the electronic and information tech-
nology of the agency in accordance with the criteria 
and instructions provided in paragraph (1); and 
(C) submit a report containing the evaluations 
jointly to the Director and the Administrator. 
(b)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in 
consultation with the Director, shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives a report that shall include— 
(A) a comprehensive assessment (including infor-
mation identifying the metrics and data used) of 
compliance by each agency, and by the Federal Gov-
ernment generally, with the criteria and instructions 
disseminated under subsection (a)(1); 
(B) a detailed description of the actions, activi-
ties, and other efforts made by the Administrator over 
the year preceding submission to support such com-
pliance at agencies and any planned efforts in the 
coming year to improve compliance at agencies; and 
(C) a list of recommendations that agencies or 
Congress may take to help support that compliance.
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(2) The Administrator shall ensure that the reports re-
quired under this subsection are made available on a public 
website and are maintained as an open Government data 
asset (as that term is defined in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code). 
SEC. 753. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services 
Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, funds made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates 
from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these 
funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall be 
administered by the Administrator of General Services to 
carry out the purposes of the Federal Citizen Services Fund 
and to support Government-wide and other multi-agency 
financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
activities, including services authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 
and enabling Federal agencies to take advantage of infor-
mation technology in sharing information: Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘Gen-
eral Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services
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Fund’’ during fiscal year 2023 shall remain available for 
obligation through September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan for 
the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further, 
That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the 
amounts currently in the funds authorized under this sec-
tion and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or reim-
bursed in fiscal year 2023; (ii) a detailed breakdown of the 
purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or reim-
bursed pursuant to this section (including total number of 
personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are provided 
for by this section); and (iii) where applicable, a descrip-
tion of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa-
tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, 
That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursu-
ant to this section until 15 days following notification of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget.
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SEC. 754. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed-
eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen-
cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center;
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(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2023. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
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hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 
workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day;
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(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney 
General or any other officer or entity of the District govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on 
briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 
of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 
purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens
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in any location that has been determined by the local public 
health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro-
priate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 
religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 
or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso-
ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational 
purposes.
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SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expendi-
ture by the District of Columbia government under any au-
thority shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for fiscal year 2023 that is in the 
total amount of the approved appropriation and that re-
aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other- 
than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum-
bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan-
ticipated changes in program requirements.
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SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The 
revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local 
funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 
fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
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rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap-
ital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli-
gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, 
shall remain available through September 30, 2024, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli-
ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (subject
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to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia 
as of the beginning of the period during which this sub-
section is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which 
a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024 which 
(subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the an-
nual budget for the District of Columbia government for 
fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 
Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2024. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided under 
this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man-
ner that would be provided by this Act.
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(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provision 
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States relating to the District of Columbia (sec. 
9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with respect 
to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long Bridge 
Project. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new Long
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Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over the Poto-
mac River, including related infrastructure and other re-
lated projects, to expand commuter and regional passenger 
rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian access cross-
ings over the Potomac River. 
SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each Federal and District government agen-
cy appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that 
includes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for 
each Federal funds appropriation provided in this Act, by 
the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 819. (a)(1) Section 11–2604(a), District of Co-
lumbia Official Code, is amended by striking ‘‘at a fixed 
rate of $90 per hour’’ and inserting ‘‘an hourly rate not 
to exceed the rate payable under section 3006A(d)(1) of title 
18, United States Code’’. 
(2) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to cases and proceedings initiated on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b)(1) Section 11–2605, District of Columbia Official 
Code, is amended in subsections (b) and (c) by striking 
‘‘(or, in the case of investigative services, a fixed rate of 
$25 per hour)’’ each place it appears.
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(2) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to investigative services provided in connection 
with cases and proceedings initiated on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 820. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 
IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, 
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$336,746,000; of which $18,862,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$30,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be with-
held from obligation until the Secretary submits, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, responses to all questions for the record 
for each hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security held by such 
Committees prior to July 1. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $8,048,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025.
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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for Federal assistance 
through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
activities, $40,000,000, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
of which $20,000,000 shall be for targeted violence and ter-
rorism prevention grants and of which $20,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the 
Alternatives to Detention Case Management pilot program. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for operations and support, including vehicle fleet mod-
ernization, $1,743,160,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$325,245,000, of which $137,245,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and of which $188,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027.
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FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned 
and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
Protective Service. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational 
Awareness for operations and support, $316,640,000, of 
which $95,273,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses and not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated 
with secure space at fusion centers, including improvements 
to buildings. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General for operations and support, $214,879,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of 
informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector 
General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2023, to 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means 
other than full and open competition during fiscal years 
2022 or 2023. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance 
with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 
of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than Feb-
ruary 15, 2024. 
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 
of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a monthly budget and staffing report that in-
cludes total obligations of the Department for that month 
and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and program, 
project, and activity levels, by the source year of the appro-
priation. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland
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Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms of 
cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 
available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 
States Code, from the Department of the Treasury For-
feiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may 
be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of the 
proposed transfer. 
SEC. 105. All official costs associated with the use of 
Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security 
personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the 
Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made avail-
able for the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 106. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than 45 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 
2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition Oversight
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list between Acquisition Decision Event and Full Oper-
ational Capability, including programs that have been re-
moved from such list during the preceding quarter. 
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of the purpose of the program, 
including the capabilities being acquired and the 
component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 
(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 
be acquired annually until procurement is complete 
under the current acquisition program baseline; 
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, includ-
ing— 
(A) the current acquisition phase by incre-
ment, as applicable; 
(B) the date of the most recent review; and 
(C) whether the program has been paused or 
is in breach status; 
(4) a comparison between the initial Depart-
ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 
schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 
and the program’s current such thresholds and objec-
tives, if applicable;
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(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com-
parison to the Future Years Homeland Security Pro-
gram, including— 
(A) the confidence level for the estimate; 
(B) the fiscal years included in the esti-
mate; 
(C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior 
five years, the current year, and the budget year; 
(D) a breakout of the estimate by appro-
priation account or other funding source; and 
(E) a description of and rationale for any 
changes to the estimate as compared to the pre-
viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 
during the prior fiscal year; 
(6) a summary of the findings of any inde-
pendent verification and validation of the items to be 
acquired or an explanation for why no such 
verification and validation has been performed; 
(7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro-
gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obliga-
tion of funds for the current fiscal year, and an esti-
mate for the planned carryover of funds into the sub-
sequent fiscal year; 
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major sub-
contractors; and
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(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, sched-
ule, or performance that could result in a program 
breach if not successfully mitigated. 
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit 
each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for pro-
grams described in this section to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than five business days after the date of approval 
of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment or the designee of the Under Secretary. 
SEC. 107. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior ap-
propriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or 
demonstration unless the component or office carrying out 
such pilot or demonstration has documented the informa-
tion described in subsection (c). 
(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 
available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot or 
demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management shall 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives on the infor-
mation described in subsection (c). 
(c) The information required under subsections (a) 
and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol-
lowing—
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(1) documented objectives that are well-defined 
and measurable; 
(2) an assessment methodology that details— 
(A) the type and source of assessment data; 
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, col-
lecting such data; and 
(C) how such data will be analyzed; and 
(3) an implementation plan, including mile-
stones, cost estimates, and implementation schedules, 
including a projected end date. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion 
of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e) the 
Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives detailing lessons learned, actual 
costs, any planned expansion or continuation of the pilot 
or demonstration, and any planned transition of such pilot 
or demonstration into an enduring program or operation. 
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi-
mental program, or trial that— 
(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con-
ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, 
or adverse events, and improve upon the design of an
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effort prior to implementation of a larger scale effort; 
and 
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 
obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, 
but does not include congressionally directed pro-
grams or enhancements and does not include pro-
grams that were in operation as of March 15, 2022. 
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini-
tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con-
tract for the acquisition of information technology services 
or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 
a non-federal recipient under any financial assistance 
agreement funded by the Department. 
SEC. 108. Of the amount made available by section 
4005 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2), $14,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of In-
spector General—Operations and Support’’ for oversight of 
the use of funds made available under such section 4005.
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TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter-
national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 
laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian 
efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, mainte-
nance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and un-
manned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals 
for personal services abroad; $15,590,694,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the collec-
tion of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 
9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of
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which $500,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2024; and of which such sums as become available in the 
Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 
13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived 
from that account: Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be 
available for payment for rental space in connection with 
preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to in-
formants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 
$800,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to support shel-
tering and related activities provided by non-Federal enti-
ties, including facility improvements and construction, in 
support of relieving overcrowding in short-term holding fa-
cilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, of which 
not to exceed $11,200,000 shall be for the administrative 
costs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $5,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the maintenance 
and repair of roads on Native American reservations used 
by the U.S. Border Patrol: Provided further, That of the
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amounts made available under this heading for the Execu-
tive Leadership and Oversight program, project, and activ-
ity, as outlined in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), $5,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the reports concerning human capital strategic plans 
and the Office of Field Operations workload staffing model 
that are directed in such explanatory statement are sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 
and unmanned aerial systems, $581,558,000, of which 
$481,658,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025; and of which $99,900,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for operations and support, including the 
purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement 
only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and mainte-
nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve-
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ments at owned and leased facilities; $8,396,305,000; of 
which not less than $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child 
labor; of which $46,696,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024; of which not less than $2,000,000 is 
for paid apprenticeships for participants in the Human 
Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue Corps; of 
which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for inves-
tigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 
operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Co-
ordination 
Center; 
and 
of 
which 
not 
less 
than 
$4,181,786,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and re-
moval operations, including transportation of unaccom-
panied alien minors: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for conducting special operations 
under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 
(19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform-
ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reim-
burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens
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unlawfully present in the United States: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading for 
the Executive Leadership and Oversight program, project, 
and activity, as outlined in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), $5,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until the reports directed under this heading in 
the explanatory statements accompanying Public Laws 
116–6, 116–93, and 117–103 have been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $22,997,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for operations and support, $8,798,363,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That security 
service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation
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as offsetting collections and shall be available only for avia-
tion security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $6,308,363,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $141,645,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for research and development, $33,532,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper-
ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and 
service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of
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$31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats nec-
essary for overseas deployments and activities; payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 
402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 
$9,700,478,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for defense- 
related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025; of which 
$24,359,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, for environmental compliance and restoration; and 
of which $70,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, which shall only be available for vessel 
depot level maintenance: Provided, That not to exceed 
$23,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procure-
ment, construction, and improvements, including aids to 
navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Depart-
ment of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), and 
vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
$1,669,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil
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Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research 
and development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, 
and 
operation 
of 
facilities 
and 
equipment; 
$7,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authorities, 
private sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 
356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts, 
combat-related special compensation, and payments for 
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
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under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$2,044,414,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 
United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the 
District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform 
protective functions; conduct of and participation in fire-
arms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behav-
ioral research in support of protective intelligence and oper-
ations; payment in advance for commercial accommoda-
tions as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
and payment, without regard to section 5702 of title 5, 
United States Code, of subsistence expenses of employees 
who are on protective missions, whether at or away from 
their duty stations; $2,734,267,000; of which $52,296,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and of 
which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related 
to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of 
which up to $20,500,000 may be for calendar year 2022
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premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limi-
tation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 
5547 note), as last amended by Public Law 116–269: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assist-
ance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza-
tions in criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of 
the United States Secret Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$83,888,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $4,025,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public 
Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation limita-
tions, shall apply with respect to funds made available in 
this Act in the same manner as such section applied to
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funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fiscal year 
2023’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail-
able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding pro-
vided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appro-
priation in fiscal year 2023 from amounts authorized to 
be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm
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Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade 
Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–125), or other 
such authorizing language. 
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such col-
lections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of 
$31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 
this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 
the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 
or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
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SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil dis-
tributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with 
the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transpor-
tation and representatives from the United States flag mar-
itime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use 
of United States flag vessels. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 
2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation 
and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transpor-
tation, and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the
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Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for 
any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. 
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obli-
gated prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public 
Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the construc-
tion of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner 
as such section applied to funds made available in that Act.
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SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 
be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 
Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the components 
funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or 
planned vetting operations at existing locations unless spe-
cifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 211. (a) Of the amounts transferred from ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ 
to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’ in this Act, up to $785,000,000 may be made 
available for the emergency food and shelter program under 
title II of the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11331) for the purposes of providing shelter and 
other services to families and individuals encountered by 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) Notwithstanding sections 313(a) and 316 of such 
Act, up to $50,000,000 of any amounts made available to 
the emergency food and shelter program under subsection
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(a) may be used for the construction and expansion of shel-
ter facilities. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 311 of such Act, funds 
made available for the purposes described in subsection (b) 
may be awarded to the Emergency Food and Shelter Pro-
gram National Board up to 6 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 315 and 316(b) of such 
Act, funds made available under subsection (b) may be dis-
bursed by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program Na-
tional Board up to 24 months after the date on which such 
funds become available. 
(e) Amounts made available under subsection (a) may 
be available for the reimbursement of costs incurred after 
June 30, 2022. 
(f) The real property disposition requirements at 2 
CFR 200.311(c) shall not apply to grants funded by the 
amounts transferred from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection—Operations and Support’’ to ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in this Act. 
SEC. 212. Of the total amount made available under 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’, $581,558,000 shall be avail-
able only as follows:
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(1) $230,277,000 for the acquisition and deploy-
ment of border security technologies; 
(2) $126,047,000 for trade and travel assets and 
infrastructure; 
(3) $99,900,000 for facility construction and im-
provements; 
(4) $92,661,000 for integrated operations assets 
and infrastructure; and 
(5) $32,673,000 for mission support and infra-
structure. 
SEC. 213. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation 
of law enforcement authority authorized under section 
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General determines that the terms of the agreement gov-
erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio-
lated. 
SEC. 214. (a) None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any con-
tract for the provision of detention services if the two most 
recent overall performance evaluations received by the con-
tracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent
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median score in any subsequent performance evaluation 
system. 
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub-
section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility. 
SEC. 215. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 216. The reports required to be submitted under 
section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260) 
shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each matter 
required to be included in such reports by such section 216 
shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent 
during the period described in such section 216. 
SEC. 217. The terms and conditions of sections 216 
and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) 
shall apply to this Act. 
SEC. 218. Members of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and the United States Senate, including the 
leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions,
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including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre-
taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 
Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 
the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 
Federal passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 219. Any award by the Transportation Security 
Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall 
be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other 
screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 
security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and 
increased cost effectiveness. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2023, any funds in the 
Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for 
the procurement and installation of explosives detection sys-
tems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for 
the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 221. Not later than 45 days after the submission 
of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the
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Committees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Appro-
priations and Homeland Security in the House of Rep-
resentatives a single report that fulfills the following re-
quirements: 
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 
and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin-
uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 
the replacement of aged, transportation security 
equipment; 
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re-
quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of the 
Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 
(Public Law 113–245); and 
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening 
Technologies report as required by the Senate Report 
accompanying the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 115–283). 
SEC. 222. Section 225 of division A of Public Law 
116–6 (49 U.S.C. 44901 note), relating to a pilot program 
for screening outside of an existing primary passenger ter-
minal screening area, is amended in subsection (e) by strik-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
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SEC. 223. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves-
sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
and credited to the appropriation made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and 
Support’’. 
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay ex-
penses of recreational vessel documentation under such sec-
tion 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel ap-
plications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 
documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 224. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, 
in accordance with the notification requirement described 
in subsection (b) of such section, up to the following 
amounts may be reprogrammed within ‘‘Coast Guard—Op-
erations and Support’’— 
(1) $10,000,000 to or from the ‘‘Military Per-
sonnel’’ funding category; and 
(2) $10,000,000 between the ‘‘Field Operations’’ 
funding subcategories.
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SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a future-years capital investment plan 
as described in the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ in 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject to the re-
quirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 226. Of the funds made available for defense-re-
lated activities under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Oper-
ations and Support’’, up to $190,000,000 that are used for 
enduring overseas missions in support of the global fight 
against terrorism may be reallocated by program, project, 
and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems Cen-
ter mission or its government-employed or contract staff lev-
els. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.
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SEC. 229. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 
Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this 
Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engi-
neering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 230. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 
Housing Fund in fiscal year 2023 shall be available until 
expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 
14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
SEC. 231. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 46, 
United States Code, none of the funds made available in 
this Act shall be used to charge a fee for an inspection of 
a towing vessel, as defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that utilizes 
the Towing Safety Management System option for a Cer-
tificate of Inspection issued under subchapter M of title 46, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination 
under section 815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and, as
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necessary based on such determination, carries out the re-
quirements of section 815(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 232. The United States Secret Service is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 
5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 
sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except 
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not 
exceed total budgetary resources available under the heading 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 
a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 234. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, 
up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United 
States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 235. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
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ployees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the 
Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in ad-
vance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
SEC. 236. Of the amounts made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’, $23,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be distributed as a grant or coopera-
tive agreement for existing National Computer Forensics 
Institute facilities currently used by the United States Se-
cret Service to carry out activities under section 383 of title 
6, United States Code, of which not to exceed 5 percent, 
or the applicable negotiated rate, shall be for the adminis-
trative costs of the Department of Homeland Security in 
carrying out this section.
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency for operations and support, 
$2,350,559,000, of which $36,293,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$5,500 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency for procurement, construction, 
and improvements, $549,148,000, of which $522,048,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of 
which $27,100,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency for research and development, 
$7,431,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,379,680,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $207,730,000, of which $130,425,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025, and of which 
$77,305,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, and other activities, $3,882,014,000, 
which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $520,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which 
$90,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden and 
$15,000,000 shall be for Tribal Homeland Security 
Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland Security
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Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): Provided, That notwith-
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for 
fiscal year 2023, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
shall make available to local and tribal governments 
amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub-
section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $615,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 
(3) $305,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program under sections 2003 and 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 
605), of which $152,500,000 is for eligible recipients 
located in high-risk urban areas that receive funding 
under section 2003 of such Act and $152,500,000 is 
for eligible recipients that are located outside such 
areas: Provided, That eligible recipients are those de-
scribed in section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 
609a(b)) or are an otherwise eligible recipient at risk 
of a terrorist or other extremist attack. 
(4) $105,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 
1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
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ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which $10,000,000 
shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall be 
for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such 
public transportation security assistance shall be pro-
vided directly to public transportation agencies. 
(5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
(6) $720,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, of which $360,000,000 shall be for 
Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $360,000,000 
shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
gency Response Grants under sections 33 and 34 re-
spectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(7) $355,000,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 of 
title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(8) $312,750,000 for necessary expenses for Flood 
Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to 
and to supplement any other sums appropriated 
under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such 
additional sums as may be provided by States or 
other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), 
to remain available until expended. 
(9) $12,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
(10) $130,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total ad-
ministrative costs. 
(11) $56,000,000 for the Next Generation Warn-
ing System. 
(12) $335,145,000 for Community Project Fund-
ing and Congressionally Directed Spending grants, 
which shall be for the purposes, and the amounts, 
specified in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described
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in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), of which— 
(A) $86,140,285, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is for 
emergency operations center grants under section 
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c); 
(B) $233,043,782, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is for 
pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 203 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e), 
notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), and (l) of 
that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), (l)); and 
(C) $15,960,933 is for management and ad-
ministration costs of recipients. 
(13) $316,119,000 to sustain current operations 
for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other 
programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $19,945,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for major disasters declared pursu-
ant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $62,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $2,500,000 shall 
be for study, planning and design, and architect and engi-
neering services for Memorial Avenue improvements at Ar-
lington National Cemetery; and $60,000,000 shall be for 
planning and design and construction associated with the 
Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $75,360,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, of which $7,300,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction and renovation of 
the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed