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(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used to 
promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any regula-
tion issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion to ban gas stoves as a class of products. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $27,720,000, of 
which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 
activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 
2002. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$55,000,000, to be paid from the unobligated balances from 
amounts in the fund established by section 9006(a) of title 
26, United States Code, is provided to the Election Assist-
ance Commission for necessary expenses to make payments 
to States for activities to improve the administration of 
elections for Federal office, including to enhance election
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technology and make election security improvements, as au-
thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed 
to be a State and, for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 
103(a) shall be treated in the same manner as the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That each 
reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the 
‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided 
further, That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 
shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference 
to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That not later than two years 
after receiving a payment under this heading, a State shall 
make available funds for such activities in an amount equal 
to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made to 
the State under this heading: Provided further, That not 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Election Assistance Commission shall make the pay-
ments to States under this heading: Provided further, That 
States shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 
progress reports.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$390,192,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-
ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 
be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex-
ceed $136,167,000 for fiscal year 2024: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $12,131,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Inspector General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint 
Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or 
primary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 
$47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund 
or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $80,857,000,
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of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $29,500,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $425,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $278,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$14,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees to im-
plement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promul-
gated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and 
Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be cred-
ited to this account, and be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the
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sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$133,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds,
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approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $9,470,022,000, of which— 
(1) $259,692,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services), in addition to amounts 
otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows: 
Maryland: 
Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Court-
house, $1,500,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 
Consolidation, $200,000,000; 
Puerto Rico:
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Clemente Ruiz-Nazario, U.S. Courthouse and 
Federico Degetau Federal Building, $28,290,000; 
Tennessee: 
Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $20,902,000; and 
Washington: 
Seattle, 
Design 
of 
Replacement 
Facility, 
$9,000,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
construction and acquisition may be exceeded to the 
extent that savings are effected in other such projects, 
but not to exceed 20 percent of the amounts included 
in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate of a greater amount; 
(2) $599,848,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 
which— 
(A) $211,515,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations as follows: 
Kentucky: 
Paducah, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
$40,479,000;
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Oklahoma: 
Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S. 
Courthouse and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 
$65,926,000; 
Virginia: 
Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse, $2,756,000; 
Washington: 
Tacoma, Tacoma Union Station, $79,256,000; 
and 
West Virginia: 
Martinsburg, IRS Enterprise Computing Center, 
$23,098,000: 
(B) $376,333,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $12,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs as follows: 
Fire Protection and Life Safety Program, 
$5,000,000; 
Consolidation Activities Program, $4,000,000; 
Judiciary 
Capital 
Security 
Program, 
$3,000,000; 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
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cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used 
to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the min-
imum standards for security in accordance with cur-
rent law and in compliance with the reprogramming 
guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House 
and Senate: Provided further, That the difference be-
tween the funds appropriated and expended on any 
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to 
‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund au-
thorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ may be
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used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,659,298,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,951,184,000 for building operations to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the 
total amount of funds made available from this Fund 
to the General Services Administration shall not be 
available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary 
to provide reimbursable special services to other agen-
cies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to pro-
vide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not
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in Government ownership or control as may be ap-
propriate to enable the United States Secret Service 
to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and 
collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2024, excluding reimbursements 
under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate 
new obligational authority authorized for Real Prop-
erty Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this 
Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail-
able for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy associated with the man-
agement of real and personal property assets and certain 
administrative services; Government-wide policy support 
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehi-
cles, information technology management, and related tech-
nology activities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by statute; 
$70,474,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025.
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and manage-
ment; and in addition to any other amounts made available 
to the General Services Administration for such purposes, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
13211(3) and supporting infrastructure; $53,933,000, of 
which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $10,248,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $73,837,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available 
for information technology enhancements related to pro-
viding a modern technology case management solution: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available 
for payment for information and detection of fraud against 
the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen
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Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$5,200,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses authorized 
by law in support of interagency projects that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically through the development and imple-
mentation of innovative uses of information technology; 
$75,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Serv-
ices Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may be 
transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of 
the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That 
the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund shall be available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
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and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary expenses in support 
of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government 
to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically 
through the development and implementation of innovative 
uses of information technology in the aggregate amount not 
to exceed $250,000,000: Provided further, That appropria-
tions, revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to 
this Fund during fiscal year 2024 in excess of such amount 
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 
up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions 
and full-time hires to support activities related to the Ad-
ministration’s requirements under title II of the Founda-
tions for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–435): Provided further, That the transfer authori-
ties provided herein shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act. 
PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi-
tion Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition 
Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse 
obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein in fis-
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cal years 2023 and 2024: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be in addition to 
any other amounts available for such purposes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services 
Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary costs incurred by the Administrator 
to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide support 
services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only 
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse con-
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struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 
that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 
delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 
agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan and 
explanation for each project to be undertaken to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 
Law 93–642, $2,970,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$49,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the
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Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,782,000, to remain available for direct expenditure until 
expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of 
such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102– 
259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous amounts 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Interior will remain available until expended 
for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with chapter 4 of 
title 5, United States Code, and for annual independent fi-
nancial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That 
previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of the Interior may be transferred 
to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
234 
for annual independent financial audits pursuant to the 
Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–289): Provided further, That contingent upon the en-
actment of legislation making interest earned from invest-
ments of the Trust Fund subject to appropriations, any in-
terest earned during fiscal year 2024 from investments 
made from discretionary appropriations to the Morris K. 
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund after the date pro-
vided for in such legislation shall be available until ex-
pended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,904,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 
maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances
235 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $427,250,000, of which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ex-
penses necessary to enhance the Federal Government’s abil-
ity to electronically preserve, manage, and store Govern-
ment records, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended to make publicly available records re-
lated to missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 
and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,920,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment for 
public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
$25,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
no less than $17,500,000 is for improvements to the Eisen-
hower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas.
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NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 
Program’’, $38,414,000, which shall be for initiatives in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this section may 
be transferred for any other purpose. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and 
9910, $3,465,000 shall be available until September 30,
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2025, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of title 
5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trad-
ing on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, $23,037,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and payment of per
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diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Vot-
ing Rights Act activities require an employee to remain 
overnight at his or her post of duty, $219,076,000: Provided, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, $15,816,000 may remain available until expended, for 
information technology modernization and Trust Fund 
Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and 
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for 
such purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $1,167,805 may be 
made available for strengthening the capacity and capabili-
ties of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of such workforce and information technology 
in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-
agement solutions to improve acquisition management; and 
in addition $192,975,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM with-
out regard to other statutes, including direct procurement 
of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-
priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5,
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United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses 
of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc-
cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi-
dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 
Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 
fiscal year 2024, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 
including those from prior years, may be used for the devel-
opment of publicity materials to provide information about 
the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex-
penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts 
made available under this heading may be transferred to 
an information technology working capital fund established 
for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of division 
A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 
further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 
approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund
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under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-
egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such organi-
zational category’s budget as identified in the report re-
quired by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2027. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,839,000, 
and in addition, not to exceed $29,192,000 for administra-
tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over-
sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement 
and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$31,585,000. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,960,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$2,149,000,000, to remain available until expended; of
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which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $275,000 shall be 
available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for con-
sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for-
eign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis-
tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com-
mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 
(1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans-
portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 
replication, and related costs associated with a replacement 
leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to exceed 
$39,658,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That any unobligated balances from funds made available 
under this heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for 
the Commission’s headquarters and other regional office fa-
cilities may be used for such purposes at any Commission 
office facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts lim-
iting use to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding 
provisos in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts 
derived from the general fund be returned to the general
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fund or that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or as-
sessments be paid to national securities exchanges and na-
tional securities associations in proportion to any fees or 
assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 
national securities association. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appro-
priation to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Provided, 
That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of such offsetting 
collections shall be available until expended for necessary 
expenses of this account; not to exceed $39,658,000 of such 
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for 
move, replication, and related costs under this heading asso-
ciated with a replacement leases for the Commission’s office 
facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2024 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2024 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0.
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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $31,300,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 
be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$361,235,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
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sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2024: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the 
Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 
$20,500,000 shall be available for costs associated with the 
certification of small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under sec-
tions 36A and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 of Public Law 
116–283, to be available until September 30, 2025. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $316,800,000,
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to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That $140,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025 as author-
ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $41,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 
further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, $37,020,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2024 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 and commitments for 
loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $16,500,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024 commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under para-
graphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 for a combination 
of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 
of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2024 commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees 
of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
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$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, $175,000,000, to be available until expended, of 
which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of 
the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews 
of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which $165,000,000 is 
for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv-
icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect 
administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for major dis-
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asters under this heading is designated by the Congress as 
being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act for the Small Business Adminis-
tration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to 
the Administration’s information technology system mod-
ernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as author-
ized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018,
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for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 
this section shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
ness 
Administration—Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$116,541,000, which shall be for initiatives related to small 
business development and entrepreneurship, including pro-
grammatic, construction, and acquisition activities, in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 
Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, notwith-
standing sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of 
Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration may permit awards to subrecipients 
for initiatives funded under this section: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available by this section may 
be transferred for any other purpose.
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $49,750,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting 
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee 
of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or 
any individual participating in a State or local program 
of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested 
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and 
other small post offices: Provided further, That the Postal 
Service may not destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale, 
any copies of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–241).
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, $268,290,000, to be derived by transfer 
from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized 
by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and En-
hancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $56,727,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of 
the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 
in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
254 
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs,
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projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza-
tion, restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, pro-
grams, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this 
Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each 
appropriation, detailing both full-time employee equiva-
lents and budget authority, with separate columns to dis-
play the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation and its respective prior year enacted level by object
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class and program, project, and activity as detailed in this 
Act, in the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix 
for the respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed, 
and which shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
amount is specified and to all programs for which new 
budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary 
grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an 
identification of items of special congressional interest: Pro-
vided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for 
salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after the required date that 
the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2025, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines.
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SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 
apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United
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States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case
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of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions—
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(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 
on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
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trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 
of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic
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storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, 
United State Code, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General’s access to such records, documents, or other mate-
rials, under any provision of law, except a provision of law 
that expressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly 
limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A department 
or agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under chapter 4 of title 5, United State Code. Each 
Inspector General covered by this section shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures 
to comply with this requirement.
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SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such 
alternative mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost 
support to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers 
until support under such mechanism commences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or
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incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program and unless such awards or in-
centive fees are consistent with section 16.401(e)(2) of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activi-
ties that result in a total cost to an Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board or commission funded by this Act 
of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless the 
agency or entity determines that such attendance is in the 
national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that includes the basis of that deter-
mination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance 
is in the national interest and advance notice is trans-
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mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis 
of that determination. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 
the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 
Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for expenses related to enhance-
ments to www.oversight.gov and to further develop the data 
analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account-
ability Committee to enhance transparency, and to prevent, 
detect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 
spending, $2,850,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $850,000 is for enhancements to oversight.gov, 
shall be provided for an additional amount for such pur-
poses to the Inspectors General Council Fund established 
pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided, That these amounts shall be 
in addition to any amounts or any authority available to 
the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-
ciency under section 424 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
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public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), 
unless advance notice of such an obligation is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and
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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each agency funded 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 appropriation, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 635. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, es-
tablished by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, 
$387,500,000 shall be permanently rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 636. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under section 4010 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $10,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under section 4011 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $100,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 638. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under section 3301(a)(2)(A) of the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 
$283,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 
30, 2024. 
SEC. 639. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under section 7402(c)(2)(A) of the American 
Rescue 
Plan 
Act 
of 
2021 
(Public 
Law 
117–2), 
$1,768,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
SEC. 640. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Act to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. 
Res.14 (Public Law 117–169, commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’), $10,200,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2024 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (ex-
clusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, undercover surveillance vehicles, and po-
lice-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at $40,000 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $41,140: Provided, 
That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 
for police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits
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set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for dem-
onstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 
1976: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101– 
549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial 
item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but 
not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen 
fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
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ical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase dur-
ing calendar year 2024, except as provided in subsection 
(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
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a pre-established level or range of pay higher than the level 
or range for the position held immediately before the move-
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, 2023, by operation of section 747 of divi-
sion E of Public Law 117–328. 
(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, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division E of Public 
Law 117–328. 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2024 
but ends in calendar year 2025, 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, 
2024.