LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac-
quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 
Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or 
moderate impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 
the equipment or system has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
to inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate 
impact information systems within the Federal Gov-
ernment; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
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nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in 
a high or moderate impact system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high or moderate impact information system reviewed and 
assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as-
sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui-
sition of such telecommunications equipment for in-
clusion in a high or moderate impact system is in 
the vital national security interest of the United 
States; and 
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(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 
high or moderate impact system intended for acqui-
sition and a detailed description of the mitigation 
strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that 
such report may include a classified annex as nec-
essary. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 
or other official government activities. 
LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY 
RELATIONSHIP 
SEC. 210. (a) Section 13144 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY RE-
LATIONSHIP.—For purposes of this section, the relation-
ship between a Member who is providing care directly to 
a patient in the form of medical services or dental services 
and the patient to whom such care is provided shall not 
be considered a fiduciary relationship.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to compensation received in fiscal year 
2024 or any succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any office, program, or activity for 
the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 
or implementation that promotes or perpetuates divisive 
concepts related to race or sex, such as the concepts that 
one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that 
an individual’s moral character or worth is determined by 
their race or sex. 
SEC. 212. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
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conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 
subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
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Union Calendar No. 92 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4364 
[Report No. 118–120] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 27, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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