TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract-
ing, and retaining business investment in the United 
States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 
abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 
agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 
United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 
3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 
for dependent members of immediate families of employees 
stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over-
seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter-
national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 
without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 
Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 
aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 
periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem-
porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 
payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 
first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 
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Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 
exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 
use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to ex-
ceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without 
regard to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining 
insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 
$570,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2024: 
Provided, 
That 
$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 
used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-
ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti-
dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli-
ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-
rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 
Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in-
clude payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities. 
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BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 
of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 
Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 
seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 
15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of 
which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec-
tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac-
tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro-
vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 
in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 
the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, for grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as 
amended, $211,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 27 and $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 28: Provided, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the report accom-
panying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of 
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funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of 
this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $43,500,000: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 
of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 
through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-
tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 
the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De-
velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 
minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 
$55,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $116,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $300,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses 
and 
programs 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$1,054,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $54,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv-
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ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 
collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off-
setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated are available for the administration of all open 
grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-
cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 
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of the USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-
tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 
2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of 
such offsetting collections be less than $4,195,799,000, 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That any amount received in excess of $4,195,799,000 in 
fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the Patent and Trade-
mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 
shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 
and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 
the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 
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President submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 
amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex-
penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 
result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu-
lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as-
sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei-
ther fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided further, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made 
available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 
amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 
employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec-
tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 
of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 
chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 
for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
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Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 
the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 
series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 
for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im-
puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli-
cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col-
lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 
to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 
amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-
sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,019,948,000, to 
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remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $118,511,000 shall be for scientific and tech-
nical research projects, which shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NIST STRS’’ in 
the table entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 
purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 
for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 
participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology 
services, $237,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 
$37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro-
gram. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
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and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $220,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 
year 2024 that the Secretary submits to Congress in sup-
port of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub-
mitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 
each National Institute of Standards and Technology con-
struction project having a total multi-year program cost 
of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget 
justification materials shall include an estimate of the 
budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 
the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of 
aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 
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management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,726,628,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which, $5,000,000 is for necessary expenses of 
designing and deploying the near real-time monitoring and 
mitigation program for threatened or endangered 
cetaceans authorized by section 11303 of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (16 U.S.C. 1391): Provided, That the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
may not amend or withdraw the North Atlantic right 
whale vessel strike reduction rule contained in section 
224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect 
in Fiscal Year 2022 until such Administrator has fulfilled 
the requirements of section 11303(e) of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 1391(e)): Provided further, That fees and dona-
tions received by the National Ocean Service for the man-
agement of national marine sanctuaries may be retained 
and used for the salaries and expenses associated with 
those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 
$355,081,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 
entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
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search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall 
only be used for fishery activities related to the 
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Col-
lections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Train-
ing; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be for payment to 
the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund’’: 
Provided further, That of the $4,104,709,000 provided for 
in direct obligations under this heading, $3,726,628,000 
is appropriated from the general fund, $355,081,000 is 
provided by transfer, and $23,000,000 is derived from re-
coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$56,999,000 shall be used for Coastal Zone Management 
projects, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NOAA CZM’’ in the table 
entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report ac-
companying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 
proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Pro-
vided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
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to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 
expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protec-
tion and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the 
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 
55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,653,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili-
ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the $1,666,630,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $1,653,630,000 is appropriated from 
the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov-
eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi-
ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus-
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tification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary 
submits to Congress in support of the Department of 
Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration procurement, acquisition or con-
struction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 
and simultaneously the budget justification shall include 
an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 
project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, 
of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 
may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder-
ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 
Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con-
servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 
listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 
by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu-
lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 
rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 
Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 
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guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 
Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 
available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 
funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 
requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 
of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2023, obligations of direct 
loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi-
tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 
Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 
not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa-
tion, $80,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De-
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partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 
a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act 
to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 
unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully 
reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 
available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 
prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 
of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this 
heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 
that threaten life or property. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $49,598,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
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be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 
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or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 
amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 
Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 
applicable with respect to fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 
the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 
On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se-
ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 
for 
the 
Space 
Weather 
Follow-On 
Program 
is 
$692,800,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in-
cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 
and security services) necessary to support the operation, 
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 
firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 
Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 
authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte-
nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele-
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gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 
Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non- 
reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 
for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-
ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria-
tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog-
raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac-
tivity over its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim-
its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 
local government, Indian Tribal Government, Territory, or 
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
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SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-
ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 
or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 
the Service has provided information to the customer on 
how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus-
tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-
ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re-
producing, and delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 
into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 
a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex-
pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 
Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, Tribal Government, Territory, or possession or any 
subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 
permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for such purposes: Pro-
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vided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco-
nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 
of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 
the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 
agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed-
eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 
higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 
and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department 
of 
Justice, 
$113,000,000, 
of 
which 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security 
and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall 
remain available until expended. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $38,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 
available to the Department of Justice for information 
technology, to remain available until expended, for enter-
prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
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for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of im-
migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im-
migration Review, $760,000,000, of which $4,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 
Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, for build-out and modifications of courtroom space: 
Provided further, That the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review shall implement case performance metrics 
that are linked to performance evaluations for individual 
immigration judges. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $142,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char-
acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024. 
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $14,238,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-
ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-
sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-
pointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti-
tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 
the District of Columbia, $938,500,000, of which not to 
exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 
information technology projects, including cybersecurity 
and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 
INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 
$685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 
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further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi-
sion for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti-
gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 
General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 
as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli-
gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 
shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro-
gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
(52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per-
sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro-
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vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases 
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 
$31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $192,776,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $192,776,000 of offsetting col-
lections derived from fees collected for premerger notifica-
tion filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of 
the year of collection, shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
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cal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $2,312,000,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or par-
ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $239,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 
collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 
amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre-
tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 
title 28, United States Code (as limited by section 
589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re-
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tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the 
Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 
2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors, exceed $255,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 
available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 
be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 
2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the extent 
that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-
rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 
offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 
otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
$9,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS 
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $2,504,000. 
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad-
vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur-
chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 
witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 
is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up-
grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-
cure automated information network to store and retrieve 
the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 
Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
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tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer up to $8,000,000 to the Community 
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the 
current fiscal year for Salaries and Expenses, General 
Legal Activities, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 
and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 
of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service, $1,715,700,000, of which not to exceed 
$20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 
or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris-
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oner holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 
Code, $2,125,724,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid-
ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce-
ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the National Security Division, $120,681,000, of which 
not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys-
tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter-
mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 
the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap-
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propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK 
FORCES 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most 
significant 
drug 
trafficking 
organizations, 
transnational organized crime, and money laundering or-
ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter- 
governmental agreements with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 
crime and drug trafficking, $555,458,000, of which 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 
under this heading may be used under authorities avail-
able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-
tion. 
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States, $10,276,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili-
ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 
law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 
owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be used for a second DNA 
laboratory: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations made available under Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Construction, for a new headquarters, 
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may only be used to sustain use of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 
token value that promote the goals of such programs, 
$2,760,924,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 
Public Law 106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to 
reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 
Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic-
tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 
to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 
with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver-
sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 
laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 
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fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 
to public health or the environment: Provided further, 
That $50,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ for 
competitive grants to State and local law enforcement 
agencies for the purpose of investigating illicit activities 
related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, 
fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, and the unlawful dis-
tribution of prescription opioids. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 
local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training 
and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as-
sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 
or without reimbursement, $1,531,071,000, of which not 
to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 
by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That no funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 
missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Depart-
ments: Provided further, That not more than 40 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading may 
be obligated unless processing times for National Fire-
arms Act applications do not exceed 120 days in the case 
of paper applications and 60 days in the case of electronic 
applications. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 
Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 
related issues to foreign governments, $8,492,588,000: 
Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for 
the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 
2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs–Research, 
Evaluation and Statistics’’ for the National Institute of 
Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities 
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related to the First Step Act of 2018 (‘‘First Step Act’’): 
Provided further, That the Attorney General may transfer 
to the Department of Health and Human Services such 
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 
that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal 
penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Federal Prison System, where nec-
essary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fis-
cal intermediary claims processor to determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 
Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com-
mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for necessary operations: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con-
tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to make payments in advance for 
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed-
eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv-
ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 
from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro-
gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not- 
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for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre- 
release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili-
ties: Provided further, That no amounts under this head-
ing available for programs and activities related to the 
First Step Act may be transferred, or otherwise made 
available, to or for administration by the Department of 
Labor. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 
of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $273,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $135,000,000 shall be available only for 
costs related to reconstruction and major repairs to facili-
ties with geological and seismic deficiencies: Provided, 
That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 
work performed under this appropriation. 
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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 
by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 
payment of claims, and expenditures which such account-
ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 
shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui-
sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
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STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-
lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act 
of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights 
Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 
seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi-
olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) 
(‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio-
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lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of 
Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 
Act’’); and the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public 
Law 115–392); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); and the Violence 
Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division 
W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for re-
lated victims services, $700,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided— 
(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-
lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 
1968 Act, and any authorized, applicable incentive 
funding amounts with respect to such grants; 
(2) $46,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 
by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-
vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 
youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 
men and youth in preventing such violence; and as-
sistance to middle and high school students through 
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education and other services related to such violence, 
of which $3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in 
preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking: Provided, That 10 percent of 
the total amount available for this grant program 
shall be available for grants under the program au-
thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 
further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
program; 
(4) $60,500,000 is for grants to encourage ar-
rests and otherwise improve the criminal justice re-
sponse to domestic violence as authorized by part U 
of title I the 1968 Act, of which $8,000,000 is for 
an initiative to promote effective policing and pros-
ecution responses to domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evalua-
tion of the effectiveness of funded interventions 
(‘‘Policing 
and 
Prosecution 
Initiative’’); 
and 
$1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu-
tion and investigation of online abuse and harass-
ment (‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online 
Abuse Initiative’’): Provided, That subsections (c) 
and (d) of section 2101 of the 1968 Act shall not 
apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initiative or 
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the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse 
Initiative; 
(5) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 
1994 Act; 
(6) $15,500,000 is for grants to protect in-
mates and safeguard communities as authorized by 
section 6 of PREA: Provided, That such funds may 
be transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’ for administration by the Office of 
Justice Programs; 
(7) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 
Line to provide remote services to deaf victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 
shall apply to this service line; 
(8) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(9) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 
section 304 of the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 
is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni-
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versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 
colleges and universities; 
(10) $50,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 
1301 of the 2000 Act; 
(12) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 
services to end violence against, and abuse of, 
women in later life, as authorized by section 40801 
of the 1994 Act; 
(13) $12,000,000 is for education and training 
to end violence against, and abuse of, women with 
disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 
2000 Act; 
(14) $2,500,000 is for research, evaluation, and 
statistics of violence against women and related 
issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on 
Violence Against Women, of which, $1,000,000 is 
for analysis and research on violence against Indian 
women, including as authorized by section 904 of 
the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be 
transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance’’ for administration by the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice; 
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(15) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 
Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 
domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 
the 1994 Act; 
(16) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 
that provides training and technical assistance on 
issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 
and Alaska Native women; 
(17) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist 
Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 
criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 
the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 
grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act 
shall apply to grants made under such programs: 
Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for an initiative 
to support cross-designation of Tribal prosecutors as 
Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 
Provided further, That the definitions and grant con-
ditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 
to such initiative; 
(18) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 
under title IV the 2015 Act (the ‘‘Rape Survivor 
Child Custody Act’’); 
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(19) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 
under section 205 of division W of the 2022 Act (the 
‘‘Abby Honold Act’’); 
(20) $5,000,000 is for grants to State and 
Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot 
programs; 
(21) $20,000,000 is for grants to support ac-
cess to sexual assault nurse examinations, as author-
ized by section 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Pro-
vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of 
the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and for 
regional sexual assault investigative training acad-
emies; and 
(22) $10,000,000 is for local law enforcement 
grants for prevention, enforcement, and prosecution 
of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by 
sections 1401 and 1402 of the 2022 Act: Provided, 
That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
1994 Act shall apply to this program. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
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(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 
Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’); 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 
Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In-
tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); 
the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 
the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–416); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 
the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 
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(Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Re-
authorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin 
and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115–141) 
(‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the STOP School Violence 
Act of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 
(‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 
2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 
Law 115–271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); the Matthew Shepard and 
James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 
111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act 
of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Violence Against 
Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 
Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and other pro-
grams, $2,477,910,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which— 
(1) $35,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 
programs, as authorized by part C of title I of the 
1968 Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 is for research, development, 
and evaluation programs, of which $8,000,000 is for 
Research and Development in Forensic Science for 
Criminal Justice Purposes grants; 
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(3) $670,510,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me-
morial Justice Assistance Grant program as author-
ized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 
Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special 
rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title 
I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of 
this Act), including grants authorized by section 
502(b)(1), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 
1— 
(A) $30,000,000 is for the Patrick Leahy 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, 
as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 
1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 
transferred directly to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology’s Office of Law En-
forcement Standards for research, testing, and 
evaluation programs; 
(B) $20,000,000 is for a competitive 
matching grant program for purchases of body- 
worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement; and 
(C) $214,463,000 is for Byrne Justice 
projects to assist State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement efforts to enforce laws, address vio-
lent crime, increase prosecutions, improve the 
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criminal justice system (including the correc-
tional system), provide victims’ services, and 
other related activities, which shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 
‘‘DOJ-OJP Byrne’’ in the table entitled, ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding’’, in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 
may not be transferred for any other purpose; 
(4) $234,000,000 is for the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 
241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)); 
(5) $95,000,000 is for victim services programs 
for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 
107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 
TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 
Public Law 113–4, of which, $4,000,000 is for 
grants to prevent the trafficking of girls; 
(6) $95,000,000 is for grants to States to up-
grade criminal and mental health records for the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem, of which no less than $25,500,000 shall be for 
grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im-
provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 
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(7) $195,000,000 is for DNA-related and foren-
sic programs and activities, of which— 
(A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes au-
thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 
Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per-
cent of funds made available under this para-
graph may be used for the purposes described 
in the DNA Training and Education for Law 
Enforcement, 
Correctional 
Personnel, 
and 
Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 
section 303); and 
(B) $55,000,000 is for community-based 
grant programs to improve the response to sex-
ual assault and assistance for investigation and 
prosecution of related cold cases; 
(8) $20,000,000 is for grants for wrongful con-
viction review and for the purposes described in the 
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing 
Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412); 
(9) $35,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 
I of the 1968 Act; of which $2,500,000 is for grants 
to strengthen the medical examiner-coroner system; 
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(10) $80,000,000 is for assistance to Indian 
Tribes, of which— 
(A) $31,500,000 is for improving Tribal 
law enforcement, including hiring, equipment, 
training; 
(B) $14,000,000 is for a Tribal Youth 
Program; and 
(C) $3,000,000 is to support the Tribal 
Access Program; 
(11) $115,000,000 is for offender reentry pro-
grams and research, as authorized by the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by 
the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–391), without regard to the time 
limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of 
which— 
(A) $19,000,000 is for the justice reinvest-
ment initiative, as implemented in fiscal year 
2014, for activities related to criminal justice 
reform and recidivism reduction: Provided, That 
no funds are used to support initiatives that 
promote the closing and repurposing of youth 
detention facilities; 
(B) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 
for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 
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as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 
Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 
116–281); and 
(C) $5,000,000 is for grants to enhance 
and maintain parental and family relationships 
for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi-
vism reduction strategy; 
(12) $445,000,000 is for comprehensive opioid 
use reduction activities, including as authorized by 
CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 
address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis-
orders consistent with underlying program authori-
ties, of which— 
(A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 
authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I 
of the 1968 Act; 
(B) $45,000,000 is for mental health 
courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro-
gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 
of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill 
Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re-
authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–416); 
(C) $45,000,000 is for grants for Residen-
tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris-
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oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 
1968 Act; 
(D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat-
ment courts program; 
(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon-
itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 
chemical products; and 
(F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive 
opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 
program, of which— 
(i) $20,000,000 is for grants for local 
and regional efforts to prevent substance 
use and misuse: Provided, That priority is 
given to non-profit organizations imple-
menting comprehensive approaches to com-
batting substance abuse, including inves-
tigations, treatment, and education; 
(ii) $17,000,000 is for forensic sup-
port for opioid and synthetic drug inves-
tigations; and 
(iii) $12,500,000 is for an initiative 
relating to youth affected by opioids, stim-
ulants, and substance use disorder; 
(13) $82,000,000 is for grants to be adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for pur-
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poses authorized under the STOP School Violence 
Act; 
(14) $3,000,000 is for grants to State and local 
law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 
with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of-
fenses involving civil rights, as authorized by the 
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reau-
thorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 
(15) $55,000,000 is for formula grants author-
ized by section 221 of the 1974 Act; 
(16) $107,000,000 is for youth mentoring 
grants; 
(17) $41,000,000 is for programs authorized by 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, of which 
$4,000,000 is for grants to improve the judicial sys-
tem’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases, as 
authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 
(18) $15,000,000 is for the court-appointed 
special advocate program, as authorized by section 
217 of the 1990 Act; 
(19) $130,400,000 is for missing and exploited 
Americans programs, of which— 
(A) $42,000,000 is for missing and ex-
ploited children activities, as authorized by sec-
tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (ex-
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cept that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO-
TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–401) shall not apply for purposes of this 
Act); 
(B) $52,000,000 is for Internet crimes 
against children task forces, as authorized by 
the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008; 
(C) $18,000,000 is for sex offender man-
agement assistance, as authorized by the Adam 
Walsh Act, and related activities, of which 
$1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Pub-
lic Website; 
(D) $6,000,000 is for the operation, main-
tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 
and Unidentified Persons System; 
(E) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized 
under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 
Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); 
(F) $2,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri-
cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 
Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law; 
and 
(G) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 
Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au-
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thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–401). 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 
the funds made available under this heading to increase 
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub-
lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 
spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 
Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 
explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com-
petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2024, including 
changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 
weightings, and the application review process. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in-
cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail-
able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au-
thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu-
cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
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withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina-
tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for such disability and edu-
cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail-
able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 
Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 
37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 
Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); 
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 
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Law 115–271); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 
Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
185); and the Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis 
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC Act’’), 
$670,606,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any balances made available through prior 
year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 
with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading— 
(1) $330,950,000 is for grants under section 
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 
for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 
enforcement officers under part Q of such title not-
withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 
(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring 
a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 
$125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver 
from this limitation: Provided further, That of the 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
this 
paragraph, 
$100,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement ac-
tivities associated with the presidential nominating 
conventions; 
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(2) $50,000,000 is for regional information 
sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 
of the 1968 Act, which may be transferred to and 
merged with ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 
Programs; 
(3) $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, 
mental health program activities, and other support 
services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and 
part W of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(4) $20,000,000 is for a grant program for 
State and local law enforcement to provide officer 
training on responding to individuals with mental ill-
ness or disabilities and for co-responder teams and 
an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative on 
Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and 
Ensuring 
Officer 
Resilience 
and 
Survivability 
(VALOR); 
(5) $12,890,000 is for activities authorized by 
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(6) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
administered by the Community Oriented Policing 
Services Office for purposes authorized under the 
STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 
Public Law 115–141); 
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(7) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized under 
the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185), which may be 
transferred to and merged with ‘‘State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance’’ for administration by 
the 
Office 
of 
Justice 
Programs, 
of 
which, 
$8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative, in-
cluding assistance for law enforcement; and 
(8) $173,766,000 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 
be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci-
fied for ‘‘DOJ-COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled, 
‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 
not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 
further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 
not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 
Act (34 U.S.C. 10383). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
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shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
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by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol-
lowing— 
(1) paragraph (23) under the heading ‘‘State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 
(2) paragraph (4) under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
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(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
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cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 
or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect 
to funds made available under this title for grant or reim-
bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio-
lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 
Services’’— 
(1) up to 1 percent of funds may be transferred 
to and merged with funds provided to the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Sta-
tistics, to be used for program evaluation purposes; 
and 
(2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General and 
remain available until expended for oversight and 
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auditing purposes associated with programs adminis-
tered under such accounts. 
(b) This section shall not apply to— 
(1) paragraph (3)(C) under the heading ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; 
(2) paragraph (8) under the heading ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services’’; or 
(3) any program for which funds are otherwise avail-
able, or authorized to be made available, by law for the 
purposes designated in subsection (a). 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 
Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-
ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 for the following pro-
grams, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 
and local reentry demonstration projects under part 
FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-
guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 
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30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 
such Act. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 
or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901), 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, un-
less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-
tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2024, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 
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implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and 
any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-
gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 
title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, 
transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 217. The Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic-
tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 
Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re-
ports shall contain at least the same level of information 
and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in fiscal year 2022. 
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SEC. 218. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 
support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 
issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 
training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 
by alternatives. 
SEC. 219. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue— 
(1) an Environmental Impact Statement and 
Record of Decision for the proposed Federal Bureau 
of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Kentucky, 
substantially in the form of the Record of Decision 
issued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons on April 
12, 2018; and 
(2) all studies, statements, and other authoriza-
tions that are necessary for the construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the proposed Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Ken-
tucky, substantially in the form approved in the 
Record of Decision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
dated April 12, 2018. 
(b) The actions of the Attorney General and Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for 
the construction and operation of the proposed Federal 
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Bureau of Prisons facility in Letcher County, Kentucky 
shall not be subject to judicial review. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$5,544,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-
cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 
100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,865,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 
personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 
and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-
tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $7,380,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
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chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $945,800,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $1,205,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That $227,000,000 shall be for On-orbit Servicing, As-
sembly, and Manufacturing 1: Provided further, That 
$110,000,000 shall be for the development, production, 
and demonstration of a nuclear thermal propulsion sys-
tem, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be for reac-
tor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 
fuel materials development, and not less than $20,000,000 
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shall be for non-nuclear systems development and acquisi-
tion planning: Provided further, That, not later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall provide a plan for 
the design of a flight demonstration. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Develop-
ment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $7,971,091,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That not less than 
$1,225,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 
Vehicle: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
less 
than 
$2,506,100,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
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neously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, in-
cluding for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 
not less than $600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B 
development including the Exploration Upper Stage and 
associated systems including related facilitization, to sup-
port an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch in 2025 
in addition to the planned Block 1 missions for Artemis 
I 
through 
Artemis 
III: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$794,200,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems 
and associated Block 1B activities, including up to 
$501,800,000 for a second mobile launch platform: Pro-
vided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year 
budget profile for an integrated system that includes the 
SLS, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associ-
ated ground systems that will ensure a crewed launch as 
early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 
for a sustained launch cadence that contemplates the use 
of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an 8.4 meter fair-
ing and associated ground systems: Provided further, That 
$3,234,900,000 shall be for Artemis Campaign Develop-
ment. 
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SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
ministrative aircraft, $4,344,609,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $89,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, of which 
$29,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $60,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $3,135,451,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That if available balances in 
the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 
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Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse-
ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 
such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available from amounts made available under this heading 
to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$36,261,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA-SSMS’’ in the table enti-
tled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 
proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
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ance and restoration, $247,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not 
to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
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transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac-
tivities shall not increase that account by more than 15 
percent and any funds transferred to or within ‘‘Explo-
ration’’ for Exploration Ground Systems shall not increase 
Exploration Ground Systems by more than $49,300,000. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 
for the same purposes and the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursu-
ant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the pro-
cedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-
vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 
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as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 
is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 
projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria-
tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-
matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 
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$5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi-
tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 
made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 
‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 
‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging 
students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac-
ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu-
tions. 
Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the 
current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 
Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-
pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 
of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 
and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
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as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $7,866,646,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$680,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$254,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics, and engineering education and human resources 
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programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference 
rooms 
in 
the 
District 
of 
Columbia, 
$1,006,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$472,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2024 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
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