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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. 226. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 
Housing Fund in fiscal year 2024 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. 227. (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 
necessary based on such determination, carries out the re-
quirements of section 815(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 228. The United States Secret Service is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements
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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. 229. (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. 230. 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. 231. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
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 House of
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Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days in advance, 
or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
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, 
$2,382,814,000, of which $24,424,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,825 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, $489,401,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency for research and development, 
$793,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.
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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, 
$1,483,990,000: 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, $99,528,000, of which $63,278,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026, and of which 
$36,250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
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, $3,497,019,369, 
which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $468,000,000 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 
$81,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden and 
$13,500,000 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 2024, 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) $553,500,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 
(3) $274,500,000 for the Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which 
$137,250,000 is for eligible recipients located in high- 
risk urban areas that receive funding under section 
2003 of such Act and $137,250,000 is for eligible re-
cipients that are located outside such areas: Provided, 
That eligible recipients are those described in section 
2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an oth-
erwise eligible recipient at risk of a terrorist or other 
extremist attack. 
(4) $94,500,000 for Public Transportation Secu-
rity 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 $9,000,000 
shall be for Amtrak security and $1,800,000 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) $90,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
(6) $648,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, of which $324,000,000 shall be for 
Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $324,000,000 
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) $319,500,000 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) $281,475,000 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) $10,800,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
(10) $117,000,000 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, 2025: Provided, 
That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total ad-
ministrative costs. 
(11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation Warn-
ing System. 
(12) $293,757,369 for Community Project Fund-
ing and Congressionally Directed Spending grants, 
which shall be for the purposes, and the amounts, 
specified in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland Security— 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ under the ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks and
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Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ heading in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), of which— 
(A) $103,189,080, 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); 
and 
(B) $190,568,289, 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)). 
(13) $305,987,000 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.), $20,261,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amount shall be for
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major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) and 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. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert- 
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insur-
ance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 
Stat. 1020), $239,983,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, which shall be derived from offsetting 
amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which 
$18,917,000 shall be available for mission support associ-
ated with flood management; and of which $221,066,000 
shall be available for flood plain management and flood 
mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur-
suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offset-
ting collections to this account, to be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further,
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That in fiscal year 2024, no funds shall be available from 
the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) 
in excess of— 
(1) $230,504,000 for operating expenses and sal-
aries and expenses associated with flood insurance op-
erations; 
(2) $1,300,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the 
National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other 
amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 
102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance
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Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available 
to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec-
essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyberse-
curity threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent agen-
cies, corporations, establishments, and instrumentalities of 
the Federal Government of the United States, state, local, 
tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers as described 
in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 
124h), and Information Sharing and Analysis Organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) 
or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of 
the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
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cy—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the recipient for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 
apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 
under such paragraph (3). 
SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made avail-
able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall sub-
mit applications not later than 80 days after the grant an-
nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate 5 full business days in ad-
vance of announcing publicly the intention of making an 
award. 
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 
5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 
$1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed-
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eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a building 
or other physical facility. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster Relief 
Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 with respect to 
budget year 2025 and current fiscal year 2024, respec-
tively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 
2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 
after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response 
grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency may grant waivers from the requirements 
in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2),
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and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 
fiscal year 2024, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
(42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program for the next fiscal year. 
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 
fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of pro-
viding such services, including administrative costs of col-
lecting such fees. 
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting col-
lections and will become available for authorized purposes 
on October 1, 2024, and remain available until expended. 
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency may waive 
subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).
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SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na-
tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of section 1234 of division D of Public 
Law 115–254, may be transferred to and merged with funds 
set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) of section 203 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this section. 
SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 
Program’’ in any prior Act may be transferred to and 
merged with funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ 
for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk 
Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pursuant to this 
section shall be in addition to and supplement any other 
sums appropriated for such purposes 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
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the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for operations and support, including for 
the E-Verify Program, the Refugee and International Oper-
ations Programs, and backlog reduction, $271,140,000: Pro-
vided, That such amounts shall be in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes, and shall not 
be construed to require any reduction of any fee described 
in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship 
and Integration Grant Program, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.
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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$357,100,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 
$7,180 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $20,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for acquisition of necessary additional real 
property and facilities, construction and ongoing mainte-
nance, facility improvements and related expenses of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for operations and support, including the pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $369,811,000, of 
which $206,093,000 shall remain available until September
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30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $61,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for research and development, $310,823,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 
$163,280,000, of which $69,364,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,250 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $42,338,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 
$60,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activi-
ties, $142,885,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, 
for areas where the Administrator of General Services does 
not provide vehicles for lease. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those 
areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ 
residences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided by employees (including employees serving on a
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temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services of the Department of Homeland Security who 
are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigra-
tion Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investiga-
tive Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services may be used for the collection and 
use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services Application Support Center that is overseen 
virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
personnel using appropriate technology. 
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to 
Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred par-
ticipating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall 
lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 
process to continue the implementation of measuring and 
assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en-
forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
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SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 
‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 
from Government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31 
U.S.C. 1535(b)). 
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted
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for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the components funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by Fed-
eral employees in the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less;
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(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or 
more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as 
approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such re-
programming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of Home-
land Security by this Act or provided by previous appro-
priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria-
tions if the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 days 
in advance of such transfer, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
appropriations— 
(1) based upon an initial notification provided 
after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances
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that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 
the protection of property; 
(2) to increase or decrease funding for grant pro-
grams; or 
(3) to create a program, project, or activity pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1), including any new func-
tion or requirement within any program, project, or 
activity, not approved by Congress in the consider-
ation of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts that 
remain available for obligation in the current year. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 
8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Pub-
lic Law 115–31), related to the operations of a working cap-
ital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made available
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in this Act in the same manner as such section applied 
to funds made available in that Act. 
(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obli-
gated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from 
components of the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2025, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for fiscal 
year 2024 in this Act shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2025, in the account and for the purposes for 
which the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification 
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author-
ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2024 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2024.
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(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware-
ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts in 
such authorization for such account shall be transferred to 
and merged with amounts made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Support’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 
under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of 
such funds. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a mul-
tiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent to-
taling in excess of $4,000,000; 
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds;
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(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), in-
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made 
without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate not later than 5 full business days after 
such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap-
propriated; the type of contract; and the account from 
which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without advance notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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the Senate, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen-
ters’ facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 
any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 
for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 
of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E 
of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 
the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 
available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States 
Code.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act to 
report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of 
agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
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SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 519. (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, territorial, 
or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car-
rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica-
tion activities. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
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partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter-
mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate within at least 10 days of 
that determination and the basis for that determination. 
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 
conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
United States attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and of foreign governments, inter-
national organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Se-
curity of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually with-
out travel away from their permanent duty station within 
the United States shall not be counted for purposes of this 
section, and the prohibition contained in this section shall 
not apply to payments for the costs of attendance for such 
employees. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event.
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SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 
may be obligated for the implementation of any structural 
pay reform or the introduction of any new position classi-
fication that will affect more than 100 full-time positions 
or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the 
end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a 
notification that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
rent fiscal year and through the Future Years Home-
land Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 
compensation alternatives to such change that were 
considered by the Department. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 
proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 
(2) funds for such change have not been explic-
itly denied or restricted in this Act. 
SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c),
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post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in this 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate for not less than 45 days except as 
otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, 
construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to 
end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal 
property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and sec-
ondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect dur-
ing fiscal year 2024.
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SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following 
persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting over-
sight, any facility operated by or for the Department of 
Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house 
aliens, or to make any temporary modification at any such 
facility that in any way alters what is observed by a vis-
iting Member of Congress or such designated employee, com-
pared to what would be observed in the absence of such 
modification: 
(1) A Member of Congress. 
(2) An employee of the United States House of 
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this sec-
tion. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require 
a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent 
to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose 
of conducting oversight. 
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 
that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of an 
intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a).
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SEC. 528. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De-
partment of Homeland Security (including during trans-
port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil-
ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
pregnant woman if— 
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of 
Homeland Security makes an individualized deter-
mination that the woman— 
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 
cannot be prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat 
to harm herself or others that cannot be pre-
vented by other means; or 
(2) a medical professional responsible for the 
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
ical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to sub-
section (b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, 
as determined by the appropriate medical professional 
treating the woman, may be used. In no case may restraints 
be used on a woman who is in active labor or delivery,
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and in no case may a pregnant woman be restrained in 
a face-down position with four-point restraints, on her 
back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area of the 
pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized by re-
straints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, 
on her left side. 
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, or 
other record pertaining to any— 
(1) death of, 
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated 
against, or 
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis-
ruption committed by 
an individual held in the custody of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti-
gation, to an individual who has been charged with a crime, 
been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished as a re-
sult of an allegation described in paragraph (3), upon the 
request of such individual. 
SEC. 530. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
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tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner as 
such section applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security and separately for each depart-
mental component, for which discretionary funding would 
be classified as budget function 050. 
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 
each such unfunded priority— 
(1) a summary description, including the objec-
tives to be achieved if such priority is funded (wheth-
er in whole or in part); 
(2) the description, including the objectives to be 
achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole 
or in part); 
(3) account information, including the following 
(as applicable): 
(A) appropriation account; and 
(B) program, project, or activity name; and
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(4) the additional number of full-time or part- 
time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 
the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— 
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 
subsection (a); 
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ-
ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 
Department; and 
(3) would have been recommended for funding 
through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(A) additional resources had been available 
for the budget to fund the requirement; 
(B) the requirement has emerged since the 
budget was formulated; or 
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 
prior-year investments. 
SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 
protection under any authority for a former or retired Gov-
ernment official or employee, or for an individual who, dur-
ing the duration of the directed protection, will become a 
former or retired Government official or employee (referred 
to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit a notification to con-
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gressional leadership and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives (referred to in this section as the ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’). 
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 
form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 
threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici-
pated cost and duration of such protection. 
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days 
before terminating, protection for a covered individual, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notification 
regarding the extension or termination and any change to 
the threat assessment to the congressional leadership and 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the congressional leadership and the appro-
priate congressional committees, which may be submitted
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in classified form, if necessary, detailing each covered indi-
vidual, and the scope and associated cost of protection. 
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds provided to the De-
partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 
may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro-
posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as authorized 
by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of an ini-
tial project proposal to the Technology Modernization 
Board, the head of the agency— 
(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 
proposed submission of the project proposal; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
a copy of the project proposal; and 
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro-
posed project funding would supplement or supplant 
funding requested as part of the Department’s most 
recent budget submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department of 
Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization Fund 
shall be available for obligation until 15 days after a report 
on such funds has been transmitted to the Committees on
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and ap-
proved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 
Board; 
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between 
the Department and the Fund including the project’s 
deliverables and repayment terms, as applicable; 
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 
supplement or supplant existing funding available to 
the Department for similar activities; 
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay 
the Fund, including specific planned funding sources, 
as applicable; and 
(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2025 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not 
been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues 
assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not 
enacted prior to October 1, 2024. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security may be used to enter into 
a procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide 
a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section 
1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on a bi-
monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of en-
actment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of non-
citizens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the 
United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 
the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol-
lowing fiscal year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to in-
clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 
children; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and 
verification review; 
(4) are used to inform policy planning and 
budgeting processes within the Department of Home-
land Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning after 
the date of enactment of this Act and in support of—
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(A) the President’s annual budget request 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(B) any supplemental funding request sub-
mitted to Congress; 
(C) any reprogramming and transfer notifi-
cation pursuant to section 503 of this Act; and 
(D) such budget materials shall include— 
(i) the most recent bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a); 
(ii) a description and quantification of 
the estimates used to justify funding re-
quests for Department programs related to 
border security, immigration enforcement, 
and immigration services; 
(iii) a description and quantification 
of the anticipated workload and require-
ments resulting from such estimates; and 
(iv) a confirmation as to whether the 
budget requests for impacted agencies were 
developed using the same estimates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Sec-
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retary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection 
(b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re-
programming and transfer authority provided in section 
503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the 
required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 539. (a) Section 538 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (division F of Pub-
lic Law 117–103) is amended by striking subsection (d) and 
inserting the following— 
‘‘(d) Amounts in the Fund may not be apportioned 
or allotted for any fiscal year until after the date on which 
the Act making full-year appropriations for the Department 
of Homeland Security for the applicable fiscal year is en-
acted into law, subject to subsection (e). 
‘‘(e) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 
15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to amounts transferred under such section 538 on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 540. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity requesting assistance from the Department of Defense 
for border security operations, the Secretary shall ensure 
that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis is 
conducted before such request is made, which shall include 
an examination of obtaining such support through other 
means. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a 
request for assistance is made, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report de-
tailing the types of support requested, the alternatives anal-
ysis and cost-benefit analysis described in subsection (a), 
and the operational impact to Department of Homeland Se-
curity operations of any Department of Defense border secu-
rity support requested by the Secretary. 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a 
request made for assistance is granted and quarterly there-
after through the duration of such assistance, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, a report detailing the assistance provided and the 
operational impacts to border security operations. 
SEC. 541. Funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act for Operations and Support may be used for the
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necessary expenses of providing an employee emergency 
back-up care program. 
SEC. 542. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made available 
in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to sup-
port and conduct necessary operations of the Blue Cam-
paign for fiscal year 2024. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available by 
subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 543. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
(1) $800,000 from unobligated balances available 
in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Manage-
ment—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/24 
0100).
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(2) $4,100,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Management Directorate—Office of 
the Chief Information Officer and Operations’’ ac-
count (70 X 0113). 
(3) $1,473,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Procurement, 
Construction, 
and 
Improve-
ments’’ account (70 X 0532). 
(4) $1,842,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and 
Technology’’ account (70 X 0533). 
(5) $450,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, 
Maintenance, and Procurement’’ account (70 X 
0544). 
(6) $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/ 
24 0540). 
(7) $782,419 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 
0540).
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(8) $10,471 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Automation Modernization’’ account (70 X 
0543). 
(9) $22,600,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ account (70 X 0613). 
(10) $150,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ account. 
(11) $2,400,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ account (70 X 0400). 
(12) $4,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 
(70 23/25 0401). 
(13) $3,500,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ account (70 23/27 0412). 
(14) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency—Research and Development’’ ac-
count (70 23/24 0805).
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(15) $5,821,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ ac-
count (70 X 0716). 
(16) $40,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 
0300). 
(17) $46,968 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ account (70 20/24 0510). 
(18) $900,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Science and Technology Direc-
torate—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 
0800). 
(19) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction Office—Research and Development’’ account 
(70 22/24 0860). 
(20) $2,900,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction Office—Procurement, Construction, and Im-
provements’’ account (70 22/24 0862).
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(21) $19,700,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction Office—Procurement, Construction, and Im-
provements’’ account (70 23/25 0862). 
(22) $11,208,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction—Research and Development’’ account (70 
23/25 0860). 
(23) $11,478 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction Office—Research and Development’’ account 
(70 X 0860). 
SEC. 544. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are re-
scinded: 
(1) $1,025,240 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management—Operations and Support’’. 
(2) $982,350 from ‘‘Management Directorate— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(3) $757,750 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Situational Awareness—Operations and Support’’. 
(4) $102,031 from ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral—Operations and Support’’.
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(5) $6,952,560 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Operations and Support’’. 
(6) $7,661,620 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’. 
(7) $31,022,129 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(8) $364,550 from ‘‘United States Secret Serv-
ice—Operations and Support’’. 
(9) $1,407,050 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(10) $2,454,920 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(11) $3,146,930 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services—Operations and Support’’. 
(12) $232,590 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers—Operations and Support’’. 
(13) $51,440 from ‘‘Science and Technology Di-
rectorate—Operations and Support’’. 
(14) $73,440 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 545. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ 
established in section 538 of division F of Public Law 117– 
103, $699,662 are hereby rescinded.
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(f)(1) Of the total amount provided in title III of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $364,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available in paragraph (2) under such heading in 
title V of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) and shall be merged with 
amounts provided under such heading in title III of this 
Act. 
(2) Amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to 
this subsection that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the Budget are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 547. Notwithstanding the amounts made avail-
able for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to title 
I of the Rehabilitation Act in ‘‘Department of Education— 
Rehabilitation Services’’ in division D of this Act and not-
withstanding sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of the Reha-
bilitation Act, each State shall be entitled to an allotment 
equal to the amount such State received pursuant to section
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110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2023, prior to any additions or reductions 
under section 110(b) or section 111(a)(2)(B): Provided, 
That, of such amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Services’’ in 
division D of this Act, $286,791,761 is hereby rescinded: 
Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2025, each State shall 
be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 110(b) of 
the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated as if this sec-
tion were not in effect in fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 548. The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ in divi-
sion E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub-
lic Law 118–42), is amended by striking ‘‘$12,500,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
SEC. 549. (a) Of the unobligated balances made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ 
in title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) for grants for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) specified in paragraph (4) 
of such heading, $1,000,000 is hereby permanently re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts specified for Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
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ing’’ included in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 in the matter preceding division A of such consoli-
dated Act. 
(b) The matter under the heading ‘‘Transit Infrastruc-
ture Grants’’ in title I of division F of Public Law 118– 
42 is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by 
striking 
‘‘$252,386,844’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$253,386,844’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$21,000,000’’. 
SEC. 550. (a) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 
in the explanatory statement for division L of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) de-
scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
such Act, the item relating to ‘‘The Veterans’ Place Renova-
tion’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Renovation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘New Construction’’. 
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statement for division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described 
in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act,
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the item relating to ‘‘Kingfield Multi-Family Housing’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Kingfield’’. 
SEC. 551. The table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
planatory statement for division F of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described in 
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act 
is deemed to be amended by adding at the end the items 
in the table entitled ‘‘THUD Addendum’’ in the explana-
tory statement for this division described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
DIVISION D—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,006,421,000 plus
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reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,929,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $173,649,000 shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025, and of which $712,000,000 shall 
be available for the period October 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; 
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; and 
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided further,
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That notwithstanding the requirements of WIOA, out-
lying areas may submit a single application for a 
consolidated grant that awards funds that would oth-
erwise be available to such areas to carry out the ac-
tivities described in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA: 
Provided further, That such application shall be sub-
mitted to the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require: Provided further, That outlying areas 
awarded a consolidated grant described in the pre-
ceding provisos may use the funds for any of the pro-
grams and activities authorized under such subtitle B 
of title I of the WIOA subject to approval of the appli-
cation and such reporting requirements issued by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,077,089,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance 
national 
reserve, 
of 
which 
$100,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 
2025: Provided, That funds provided to carry
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limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA 
as follows: 
(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in 
the Appalachian region, as defined by 40 
U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the Lower 
Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) of the 
Delta Development Act (Public Law 100– 
460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)), 
and workers in the region served by the 
Northern Border Regional Commission, as 
defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and 
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving 
educational or career training programs at 
community colleges, defined as public insti-
tutions of higher education, as described in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 and at which the associate’s degree 
is primarily the highest degree awarded, 
with other eligible institutions of higher 
education, as defined in section 101(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible 
to participate through consortia, with com-
munity colleges as the lead grantee: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall follow the
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requirements for the program in House Re-
port 116–62: Provided further, That any 
grant funds used for apprenticeships shall 
be used to support only apprenticeship pro-
grams registered under the National Ap-
prenticeship Act and as referred to in sec-
tion 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 
(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; 
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $6,591,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
ing), and $671,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
portion of eligible participants receiving related
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assistance services or discouraging grantees from 
providing such services: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the definition of ‘‘eligible sea-
sonal farmworker’’ in section 167(i)(3)(A) of the 
WIOA relating to an individual being ‘‘low-in-
come’’, an individual is eligible for migrant and 
seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 
of the WIOA under that definition if, in addi-
tion to meeting the requirements of clauses (i) 
and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), such individual 
is a member of a family with a total family in-
come equal to or less than 150 percent of the pov-
erty line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; 
(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, That of 
this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare for employment young 
adults with criminal legal histories, young
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adults who have been justice system-involved, or 
young adults who have dropped out of school or 
other educational programs, with a priority for 
projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under 
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts 
and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, including equity inter-
mediaries and business and labor industry part-
ner intermediaries, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 
and 
(H) $107,834,000 for carrying out Dem-
onstration and Pilot projects under section 
169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, 
in addition to funds available for such activities
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under subparagraph (A) for the projects, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending’’ included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided, That such funds may be 
used for projects that are related to the employ-
ment and training needs of dislocated workers, 
other adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 
10 percent funding limitation under such section 
of the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Pro-
vided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the 
WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 
further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act 
shall not apply to such funds. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 
and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur-
chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
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(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; 
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2024 through June 
30, 2027, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be avail-
able for obligation after June 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
Centers.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 through June 
30, 2025, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses 
under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al-
lowances, training, employment and case management serv-
ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 
to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref-
erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $30,700,000 together with 
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the sub-
sequent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15, 2024: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
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tion provided under this heading may remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,922,084,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $3,141,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less than 
$382,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and 
eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act, 
any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in 
such section, including those who are profiled as most 
likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for 
such services and assessments: Provided, That of such 
amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under 
section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided 
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 and $265,000,000 is additional new budget 
authority 
specified 
for 
purposes 
of 
section 
251(b)(2)(E) of such Act; and $9,000,000 for contin-
ued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
Center of Excellence), the administration of unem-
ployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex- 
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501– 
8523, and the administration of trade readjustment 
allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assist-
ance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance 
under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref-
erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be 
available for obligation by the States through Decem-
ber 31, 2024, except that funds used for automation 
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
cember 31, 2024, and for State obligation through 
September 30, 2026, or, if the automation is being 
carried out through consortia of States, for State obli-
gation through September 30, 2030, and for expendi-
ture through September 30, 2031, and funds for com-
petitive grants awarded to States for improved oper-
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ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews and provide reemployment 
services and referrals to training, as appropriate, 
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
cember 31, 2024 (except that funds for outcome pay-
ments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act shall be available for Federal obligation 
through March 31, 2025), and for obligation by the 
States through September 30, 2026, and funds for the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excel-
lence shall be available for obligation by the State 
through September 30, 2025, and funds used for un-
employment insurance workloads experienced through 
September 30, 2024 shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation through December 31, 2024; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 
6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for
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Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025; 
(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit 
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including assisting States in adopting or modern-
izing information technology for use in the processing 
of certification requests), and the provision of tech-
nical assistance and staff training under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act; 
(5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 shall 
be available for the Federal administration of such 
activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available for 
grants to States for the administration of such activi-
ties; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 
2025, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used to carry
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out research and demonstration projects related to 
testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 
participation of people with disabilities: Provided, 
That the Secretary may transfer amounts made avail-
able for research and demonstration projects under 
this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Disability Employ-
ment Policy’’ account for such purposes: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 
State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 
such title III if the other States include areas that have 
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 
the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 
States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires
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under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 
which are used to support the national activities of the Fed-
eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities 
under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to 
the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, 
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
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Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a 
State participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
Social Security Act to other States participating in the con-
sortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment In-
surance Information Technology Support Center in order 
to carry out activities that benefit the administration of 
the unemployment compensation law of the State making 
the request: Provided further, That the Secretary may col-
lect fees for the costs associated with additional data collec-
tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and 
local governments, public and private institutions of higher 
education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize 
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 
9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra-
structure, methodology, and data to meet the information 
collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall 
be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
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cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 
the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 
Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2025. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 
$54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ-
ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ-
ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2024, 
for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2024 shall be avail-
able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$512,900,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
number of new plan participants in plans terminated by 
the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an 
amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2028, for obligations for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in 
excess of the amounts provided for administrative expenses 
in this paragraph may be incurred and shall be available 
through September 30, 2028 for obligation for unforeseen
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and extraordinary pre-termination or termination expenses 
or extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That an additional amount shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2028 to the extent the Corporation’s 
costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity 
monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a security 
incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional 
$100 per affected individual. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $260,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $48,515,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000.
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OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation 
Programs, 
$120,500,000, 
together 
with 
$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-
thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 
year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 
as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 
the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 
Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent 
of the additional compensation and benefits required by sec-
tion 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, $700,000,000, together with such amounts 
as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year 
appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the cur-
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rent year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of 
the Employees’ Compensation Fund established under 5 
U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may 
be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse 
an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 
for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
unobligated on September 30, 2023, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 
and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall 
be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service 
and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share 
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
determines to be the cost of administration for employees 
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac-
count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis-
tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $28,153,000;
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(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $26,526,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $26,527,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
such identifying information (including Social Security ac-
count number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $22,890,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a 
claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such 
claim such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest 
on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended 
from the Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$44,059,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$41,178,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $368,000 for trans-
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fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $632,309,000, including not to 
exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 
safety and health training and education: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, to 
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such 
sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a,
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to administer national and international laboratory rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or 
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees 
who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently published 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation
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for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to a report of an employment accident which 
is fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
any action pursuant to such investigation authorized 
by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to complaints of discrimination against em-
ployees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $12,787,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for 
Voluntary Protection Programs.
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MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State 
assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by 
the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 
board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
safety and health education and training activities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 
collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for 
the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 
explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health
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and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe-
ty Association as a principal safety association and, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in-
cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga-
nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of 
the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than 
$9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration projects 
related to testing effective ways to promote greater labor 
force participation of people with disabilities: Provided, 
That the Secretary may transfer amounts made available 
under this heading for research and demonstration projects 
to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations’’ account for such purposes. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$387,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $81,725,000 for the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
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cember 31, 2024: Provided further, That funds available to 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 
administer or operate international labor activities, bilat-
eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat ex-
ploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assist-
ance in countries with which the United States has free 
trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided 
further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evalua-
tion and shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2025: Provided further, That funds available for pro-
gram evaluation may be used to administer grants for the 
purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made 
for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for program evaluation may be transferred to any 
other appropriate account in the Department for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Pro-
vided further, That the funds available to the Women’s Bu-
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reau may be used for grants to serve and promote the inter-
ests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not 
less than $5,000,000 shall be used for grants authorized by 
the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupa-
tions Act. 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 
which— 
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such 
title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expendi-
ture by the States through September 30, 2026, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
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resentatives 
in 
the 
provision 
of 
services 
to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
participated in the Transition Assistance Program 
and have been identified as in need of intensive serv-
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
ed, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and 
to the spouses or other family caregivers of such 
wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 
2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That up to $500,000 may be used to carry out 
the Hire VETS Act (division O of Public Law 115– 
31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made.
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In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 
30, 2024, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under sections 2021 or 
under 2021A may include, in addition to services to home-
less veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to vet-
erans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days 
prior to program entry or veterans who are at risk of home-
lessness within the next 60 days, and that services provided 
under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to 
the individuals described in subsection (e) of such section, 
services to veterans recently released from incarceration who 
are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, That notwith-
standing paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used for data systems 
and contract support to allow for the tracking of partici-
pant and performance information: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, such funds shall be available for 
expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553.
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In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) 
of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available 
to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion 
Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such sums 
shall be in addition to any other funds available for such 
purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3) 
of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of divi-
sion O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2025. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,841,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading may be available 
until expended.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act 
may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, 
but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased 
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 
be used to create any new program or to fund any project 
or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced
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or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
already identified by the United States Department of 
Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com-
petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com-
petitive grants for training individuals who are older than 
16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
within a local educational agency in the occupations and 
industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to 
hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin-
istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower 
limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
446 
count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local 
government employees, and the size of the organizations 
that administer Federal programs involved including Em-
ployment and Training Administration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap-
propriation made available to the Employment and Train-
ing Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administra-
tion’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities re-
lating to any of the programs or activities that are funded 
under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such ac-
447 
count to carry out program integrity activities related to 
the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds trans-
ferred under this subsection shall be available to the Sec-
retary to carry out program integrity activities directly or 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other 
arrangements with States and other appropriate entities: 
Provided further, That funds transferred under the author-
ity provided by this subsection shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2025. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 
within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2025: Provided, That such 
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 
days in advance of any transfer.
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(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 
‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 
Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability 
Employment Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bu-
reau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and 
Training’’. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol-
lowing text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis-
aster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an 
employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate,
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in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, cas-
ualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average 
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per 
week or any minimum weekly amount established by 
the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of 
weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activi-
ties described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages or 
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
nesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
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‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to 
a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the 
petition into the United States at any time during 
the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH 
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
after the date that is 90 days after the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local 
labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and
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(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con-
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings 
H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during 
the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 
staggering the date of need in violation of section 
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted 
to 
the 
United 
States 
pursuant 
to 
section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of— 
(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other em-
ployees with similar experience and qualifications for such 
position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage 
level for the occupational classification of the position in 
the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will
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be employed, based on the best information available at the 
time of filing the petition. In the determination of pre-
vailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the 
Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in in-
stances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey 
data are available unless the Secretary determines that the 
methodology and data in the provided survey are not statis-
tically supported. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found 
in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini-
tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. 
Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of tem-
porary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of 
temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the 
purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat.
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736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such Act: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is author-
ized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents 
to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 
to the performance of official duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the im-
mediate family of the Secretary who is participating 
in an activity or event relating to the official duties 
of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
retary (including during periods not described in 
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate 
family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 
of Labor or another senior officer representing the 
Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 
unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in
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accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may au-
thorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed 
under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the du-
ties authorized under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in the 
presence of such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, includ-
ing identifying and mitigating potential threats and 
conducting advance work to review security matters 
relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agen-
cies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 
into potential threats to the security of the Secretary, 
in coordination with the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforce-
ment officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) 
shall exercise any authority provided under this section in 
accordance with any—
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‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or 
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new 
Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on 
which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the Gary 
Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other disposi-
tion, to include any associated construction project, will not 
be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regula-
tion relating to the disposition of Federal real property or 
relating to Federal procurement, including but not limited 
to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States 
Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United 
States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of 
title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such 
a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be 
available until expended for such project to carry out the 
Job Corps Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps 
Program in and around San Marcos, Texas, respectively.
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SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement 
between the United States Department of Labor and 
the United States Department of Agriculture; or 
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent the 
endangerment of the health and safety of the students, 
the capacity of the program is retained, and the re-
quirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 
section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 117. Of the funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training 
and Employment Services’’ in division H of Public Law 
117–328, $75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded 
from the amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) under such 
heading for the period October 1, 2023, through September 
30, 2024. 
SEC. 118. In the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
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planatory statement for division H of Public Law 117–328 
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A 
of such Public Law, the item relating to ‘‘Society for the 
Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans 
in Science, San Jose, CA to create a pipeline from commu-
nity colleges into the STEM workforce’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Society for the Advancement of Chi-
canos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’’ and in-
serting ‘‘San Jose State University Research Foundation’’. 
SEC. 119. Funds previously made available to the De-
partment of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113) in paragraph (2) under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and Train-
ing Administration—Job Corps’’ that were obligated for the 
construction of the Atlanta Job Corps center in Georgia and 
that were available for initial obligation through June 30, 
2019, are to remain available through fiscal year 2029 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred from July 1, 
2016 through June 30, 2021. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, That 
no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended 
for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That no more than $120,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out sub-
sections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS 
Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) 
pertaining to administrative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 
1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Qual-
ity Improvement Act of 1986, $1,404,376,000: Provided, 
That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional 
funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made avail-
460 
able under this heading: Provided further, That for any pro-
gram operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or 
before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-
tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 
Act for the full project period of a grant under such section: 
Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act shall 
apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(a) of 
such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 
for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
fees collected for the disclosure of information under section 
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 
and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security 
Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 
the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain 
available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac-
count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D 
of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such section and sub-
part: Provided further, That $128,600,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purposes of providing pri-
mary health services, assigning National Health Service 
Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) participants to expand the delivery of
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substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding 
the assignment priorities and limitations under sections 
333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS 
Act, and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repay-
ment Program under section 338B of such Act: Provided 
further, That, within the amount made available in the pre-
vious proviso, $16,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes of making payments under the 
NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of 
the PHS Act to individuals participating in such program 
who provide primary health services in Indian Health 
Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, 
and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are 
defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment 
priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 
Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two pro-
visos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied 
as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical 
substance use disorder treatment services, including those 
provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 
treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 
available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain 
optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 
programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc-
462 
ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 
Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi-
tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-
tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That the United States may recover liquidated damages in 
an amount determined by the formula under section 
338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either fails to 
begin or complete the service obligated by a contract under 
section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That for 
purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary 
may include other mental and behavioral health disciplines 
as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may terminate a contract entered into under 
section 775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated 
in section 206 of this title for fiscal year 2024 contracts 
entered into under section 338B of the PHS Act. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, 
$60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 
or support graduate education for physicians provided by 
such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de-
velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-
tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such
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grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-
tions of higher education located in States with a projected 
primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim-
ited to such public institutions of higher education in States 
in the top quintile of States with a projected primary care 
provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded 
to such an institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per 
year: Provided further, That such a grant may be awarded 
for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, That 
such a grant awarded with respect to a year to such an 
institution shall be subject to a matching requirement of 
non-Federal funds in an amount that is not more than 10 
percent of the total amount of Federal funds provided in 
the grant to such institution with respect to such year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 
title V of the Social Security Act, $1,170,430,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $210,116,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described
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in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 
such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
spect 
to 
the 
Ryan 
White 
HIV/AIDS 
program, 
$2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, for 
parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 
not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 
Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 
or 311(c) of such Act; and of which $165,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary 
for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under 
title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending 
the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants 
issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunc-
tion with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limita-
tion on administrative expenses. 
HEALTH SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $122,009,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facility 
renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the Na-
tional Hansen’s Disease Program.
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RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, $364,607,000, of which 
$64,277,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for 
carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
program: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
up to $20,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural 
Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improve-
ment and adoption of health information technology, no less 
than $5,000,000 shall be available to award grants to public 
or non-profit private entities for the Rural Emergency Hos-
pital Technical Assistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 
shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, with funds provided for grants under section 
1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation 
of telehealth services and other efforts to improve health care 
coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and 
the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 
$12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural 
Health: Provided further, That $12,700,000 shall remain
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available through September 30, 2026, to support the Rural 
Residency Development Program: Provided further, That 
$145,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities Opioids 
Response Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
$286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said 
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, 
that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity 
(including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 
Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 
for activities funded in other appropriations included in 
this Act for the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, $1,110,376,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be for ex-
penses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of Tele-
health, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
ments for the advancement of telehealth activities: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading may be used 
to supplement program support funding provided under the
467 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, $890,788,000 shall be used for the projects financ-
ing the construction and renovation (including equipment) 
of health care and other facilities, and for the projects fi-
nancing one-time grants that support health-related activi-
ties, including training and information technology, and 
in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding 
proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or 
section 205 of this Act. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related 
injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 
the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
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$15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary. 
COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 
For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-
zation and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu-
ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,391,056,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $708,272,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay for 
the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other re-
469 
lated costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal 
or State quarantine law. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 
of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion, $1,192,647,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be available 
for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for 
not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Pro-
vided further, That the proportional funding requirements 
under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $711,553,000: Pro-
vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$42,944,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 
of the PHS Act for health statistics.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $191,850,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$761,379,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of 
the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, 
and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$362,800,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro-
vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) 
of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554.
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GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: 
(1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 
2025 
for 
international 
HIV/AIDS; 
and 
(2) 
$293,200,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2026 for global public health protection: Provided, That 
funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 
the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and 
response, and for expenses necessary to support activities 
related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 
$938,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title 
as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff without 
reimbursement to support an activation of the CDC Emer-
gency Operations Center, so long as the Director or Admin-
istrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a full 
report within 30 days after use of this authority which in-
472 
cludes the number of staff and funding level broken down 
by the originating center and number of days detailed, and 
an update of such report every 180 days until staff are no 
longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC Emer-
gency Operations Center. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds made available to this account in this 
or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition of 
real property or for construction or improvement of facili-
ties shall be available to make improvements on non-feder-
ally owned property, provided that any improvements that 
are not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed 
$2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improve-
ments accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds pre-
viously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake 
Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to 
acquire a replacement mine safety research facility: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to this account 
in this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisi-
tion of real property or for construction or improvement 
of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement mine
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safety research facility shall be available to make improve-
ments on non-federally owned property, provided that any 
improvements that are not adjacent to federally owned 
property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
in addition, the prior year unobligated balance of any 
amounts assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC 
made available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be 
credited to and merged with the amounts made available 
under this heading to support the replacement of the mine 
safety research facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities 
and program support for activities funded in other appro-
priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease 
Control 
and 
Prevention, 
$503,570,000, 
of 
which 
$350,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2025, for public health infrastructure and capacity: Pro-
vided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) 
of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 
appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts 
of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $25,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available to the Director of
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the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Re-
sponse Reserve Fund established by section 231 of division 
B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used to support a 
contract for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft 
in direct support of activities throughout CDC to ensure 
the agency is prepared to address public health prepared-
ness emergencies: Provided further, That employees of CDC 
or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commis-
sioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other 
organizations under authority of section 214 of the PHS 
Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non- 
Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not 
be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the 
Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or as-
signment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to 
$10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for 
official reception and representation expenses when specifi-
cally approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, 
That in addition, such sums as may be derived from au-
thorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropria-
tion charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That 
with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees 
from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator
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Certification Program shall be available through September 
30, 2025. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $7,224,159,000, of which up to 
$30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve-
ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder-
ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred-
erick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$520,163,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $2,310,721,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND 
STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$2,603,925,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$6,562,279,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$3,244,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from funds 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That 
not less than $430,956,000 is provided for the Institutional 
Development Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,759,078,000.
477 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$896,549,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$913,979,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $4,507,623,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $685,465,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $534,333,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$595,318,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to human genome research, $663,200,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $440,627,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$170,384,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $534,395,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: 
Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to implement
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section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Accelera-
tion Network: Provided further, That at least $629,560,000 
is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences 
Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $2,592,914,000: Provided, That funding 
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund 
shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal 
year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on 
Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 
$672,401,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es-
tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses when spe-
cifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office 
of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 
to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be used to carry
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out section 404I of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating 
to biomedical and behavioral research facilities: Provided 
further, That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
for oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH, 
including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant 
application evaluation and selection processes, and shall be 
in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading are also available to establish, operate, 
and support the Research Policy Board authorized by sec-
tion 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this heading for 
the Office of Research on Women’s Health shall also be 
available for making grants to serve and promote the inter-
ests of women in research, and the Director of such Office 
may, in making such grants, use the authorities available 
to NIH Institutes and Centers. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 
Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 
from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-
scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section 
402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re-
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search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First 
Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or 
used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the 
appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 
$407,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 
section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 
Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National Insti-
tutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such Act: 
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Direc-
tor that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 
are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts 
may be transferred back to the Account: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is
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in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 
of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 
for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Advo-
cacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUP-
PORT for Patients and Communities Act, $2,775,507,000: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $98,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic 
Stress Initiative: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated 
for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying 
out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
in addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall 
be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the
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total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading for subpart 
I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent 
shall be available to support evidence-based crisis systems: 
Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts 
made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health 
Services program may be used to carry out demonstration 
grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not 
more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 
a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 
520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-
priated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Provided further, 
That $385,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026 for grants to communities and community organiza-
tions who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral 
Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 
113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 
241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to carry 
out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven-
tion, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the 
SUPPORT 
for 
Patients 
and 
Communities 
Act, 
$4,078,098,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: 
Provided further, That of such amount in the preceding pro-
viso not less than 4 percent shall be made available to In-
dian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, That 
in addition to amounts provided herein, the following 
amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of 
title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical 
assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation ac-
tivities, and further that the total available under this Act 
for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title 
XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treat-
ment programs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid 
Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 
of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $210,245,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $72,090,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for projects described in the preceding proviso 
shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 
205 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds 
available to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and 
mental health, to collect and analyze program data, and
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to conduct public awareness and technical assistance activi-
ties: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be col-
lected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, 
and data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act 
and provided to a public or private entity upon request, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended for such purposes: Provided 
further, That amounts made available in this Act for car-
rying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading (other than 
amounts specified in the first proviso under this heading) 
may be used to supplement program support funding pro-
vided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 
1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003, $369,000,000: Provided, That 
section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 
2024: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 
from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred-
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ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 
2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici-
pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 
in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 
such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar-
ter. 
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 
1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section
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278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act, $476,725,000,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 
of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in 
budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 
to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all 
funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS 
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds 
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of 
the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 
from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under
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title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available 
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees 
in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts 
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $397,334,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall 
be available for the Survey and Certification Program: Pro-
vided further, That amounts available under this heading 
to support quality improvement organizations (as defined 
in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) shall not exceed 
the amount specifically provided for such purpose under 
this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $915,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2025, to be trans-
ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $675,058,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare
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& Medicaid Services program integrity activities, of which 
$107,735,000 shall be for the Department of Health and 
Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out 
fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) 
of such Act, and of which $132,207,000 shall be for the De-
partment of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities 
authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, 
That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social 
Security Act for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of 
the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and 
abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for 
the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $604,000,000 is additional 
new budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care fraud 
and abuse control activities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 from 
amounts made available under this heading and amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2024 under section 
1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 
Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 
abuse.
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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $4,025,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, 
not more than $9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary 
for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of pro-
gram activities for compliance with internal controls, poli-
cies and procedures, and to supplement funding otherwise 
available for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
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such Act, and the Secretary may, in addition to the au-
thorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds 
through contracts with private entities that do not qualify 
as nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That all but 
$897,348,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for 
such payments for fiscal year 2024 was less than 
$1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, after applying all 
applicable provisions of section 2604 of such Act and the 
previous proviso, each State or territory that would other-
wise receive an allocation that is less than 97 percent of 
the amount that it received under this heading for fiscal 
year 2023 from amounts appropriated in both division H 
and in the second paragraph under this heading in title 
VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 shall have its 
allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the por-
tions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that would 
exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively received 
in such fashion for fiscal year 2023 being ratably reduced. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section
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462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998, $6,327,214,000, of which $6,277,459,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2026 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the 
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation 
with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, 
That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding 
transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub-
stituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: Provided further, 
That the contribution of funds requirement under section 
235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 shall not 
apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That for any month in fiscal year 2024 that the 
number of unaccompanied children referred to the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 
of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 exceeds 16,000, as determined 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an addi-
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tional $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be made available for obligation for every 500 
unaccompanied children above that level (including a pro 
rata amount for any increment less than 500), for carrying 
out such sections 462 and 235: Provided further, That if 
less than $65,000,000 has been made available pursuant to 
the preceding proviso as of September 15, 2024, then the 
difference between $65,000,000 and the amount made avail-
able pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for car-
rying out such sections 462 and 235. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $8,746,387,000 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev-
enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 
Provided, 
That 
technical 
assistance 
under 
section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 
the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds 
made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for 
that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision 
of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority
496 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts re-
quired to be reserved by the Secretary under section 
658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $236,152,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, the Sec-
retary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal adminis-
trative expenses. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption 
opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act,
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and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social 
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $14,829,100,000, of 
which $75,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 
guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 
473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adop-
tions and legal guardianships completed before September 
30, 2024: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall be for mak-
ing payments under the Head Start Act, including for 
Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, 
notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $275,000,000 shall be available for a cost of 
living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing 
appropriations act, funding available for a cost of liv-
ing adjustment shall not be construed as an authority 
or condition under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 
by the Secretary to supplement activities described in 
paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the 
Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal Sys-
tem, established under the authority of sections 
641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and
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such funds shall not be included in the calculation of 
‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term 
is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 
(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 
Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 
Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 
and 
(4) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, 
and Federal administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-
ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 
in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 
640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: 
Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be available until 
December 31, 2024 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 
of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That 
up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall 
be available for technical assistance and evaluation related 
to grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided fur-
ther, That $804,383,000 shall be for making payments 
under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That for services 
furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made available 
for such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2023, 
States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the
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CSBG Act by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: 
Provided further, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 
of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall 
be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall 
be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, 
to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are 
distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity 
as provided under such Act, and have not been expended 
by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carry-
over into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the dis-
position of intangible assets and program income that per-
mit such assets acquired with, and program income derived 
from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the 
CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after 
a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the 
grant period for any activity consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That in-
tangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and 
other debt instruments, and program income may be used 
by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these 
procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available
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after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be 
available for financing construction and rehabilitation and 
loans or investments in private business enterprises owned 
by community development corporations: Provided further, 
That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) 
of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of 
which $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 
Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in sec-
tion 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a 
human services case management system for federally de-
clared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 
management contract and Federal costs of administering 
the system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall 
be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Informa-
tion System, including grants to States to support data col-
lection for a study of the system’s effectiveness: Provided 
further, That $40,011,000 shall be used for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of
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this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding 
proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or 
section 205 of this Act. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car-
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to 
carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con-
sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available to carry out sec-
tion 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described 
in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 shall be for grants to 
each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV– 
E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship 
navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of 
such Act and $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, shall be for 
the Family First Clearinghouse and to support evaluation 
and technical assistance relating to the evaluation of child 
and family services: Provided further, That section 
437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous pro-
viso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and not-
withstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may
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be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating 
practices to meet the criteria specified in section 
471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in sec-
tion 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall 
not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided 
further, That the minimum grant award for kinship navi-
gator programs in the case of States and territories shall 
be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis-
cal year 2025, $3,400,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE 
Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Rais-
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ing Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS 
Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 
of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 
Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the De-
velopmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 
1998, titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such 
titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Depart-
ment-wide coordination of policy and program activities 
that assist individuals with disabilities, $2,465,100,000, to-
gether with $55,242,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 
4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: 
Provided, That of amounts made available under this head-
ing to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, 
up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for 
developing and implementing evidence-based practices for 
enhancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored 
meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, funds made available under this head-
ing to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred 
to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such sec-
tion: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the funds
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provided for adult protective services grants under section 
2042 of title XX of the Social Security Act may be used 
to make grants to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 
support alternative financing programs that provide for the 
purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-inter-
est loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving 
loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Pro-
vided further, That applicants shall provide an assurance 
that, and information describing the manner in which, the 
alternative financing program will expand and emphasize 
consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 
agencies and community-based disability organizations 
that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis-
abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of 
the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental 
Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any 
legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an 
individual or group of individuals with a developmental 
disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-
mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a 
mental impairment (or a combination of mental and phys-
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ical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the clo-
sure of State operated intermediate care facilities for people 
with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless rea-
sonable public notice of the action has been provided to such 
individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the 
legal guardians who have been specifically awarded author-
ity by the courts to make healthcare and residential deci-
sions on behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such 
action, within 90 days of instituting such legal action, 
which informs such individuals (or such legal guardians) 
of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights con-
sistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations in the immediately pre-
ceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an individual 
who is neither competent to consent nor has a legal guard-
ian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of individuals 
who are a ward of the State or subject to public guardian-
ship: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $29,268,000 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available for projects described in
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for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, 
in consultation with the ranking minority member, of the 
Committee on House Administration. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in offices of the Committee on Appropriations, $463,000: 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$231,500 shall be available for the compensation of interns 
who serve in offices of the majority, and $231,500 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in of-
fices of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by 
the Chair, in consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, of the Committee on Appropriations. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$180,587,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2024, except that $5,800,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading.
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tion, for agency contributions related to the compensation 
of employees of the joint congressional committee. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $13,554,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and their assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $3,054,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending