H. Res. 1061 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 6, 2024. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the 
House shall be considered to have taken from the Speaker’s 
table the bill, H.R. 4366, with the Senate amendment there-
to, and to have concurred in the Senate amendment with the 
following amendment: 
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Sen-
ate amendment, insert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 6. Availability of funds. 
DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies
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Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION F—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
Title I—Health and Human Services 
Title II—Amending Compacts of Free Association 
Title III—Extensions and Other Matters 
Title IV—Budgetary Effects
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treat-
ed as referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in 
the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about 
March 5, 2024, and submitted by the chair of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, shall have the same effect 
with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of 
divisions A through F of this Act as if it were a joint explan-
atory statement of a committee of conference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or repurposed, re-
scinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if the President 
subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
such designations to the Congress.
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DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as cur-
rently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army 
Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for 
the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and 
operation of facilities in support of the functions of the Com-
mander in Chief, $2,022,775,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
exceed $398,145,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation sup-
port, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $522,220,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in the
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explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for the Navy and Marine 
Corps as currently authorized by law, including personnel in 
the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other per-
sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, $5,531,369,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed 
$711,505,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, un-
less the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional ob-
ligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$335,563,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force as 
currently authorized by law, $2,741,424,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $567,874,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $193,610,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installations, 
facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of the 
Department of Defense (other than the military depart-
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ments), as currently authorized by law, $3,161,782,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 
such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appro-
priations of the Department of Defense available for military 
construction or family housing as the Secretary may des-
ignate, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 
or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $347,545,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such pur-
poses and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $36,100,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under 
the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
and conversion of facilities for the training and administra-
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tion of the Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, 
as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, 
and 
Military 
Construction 
Authorization 
Acts, 
$620,647,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $79,221,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Direc-
tor of the Army National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$270,461,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction, Army National Guard’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
and conversion of facilities for the training and administra-
tion of the Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, 
as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, 
and 
Military 
Construction 
Authorization 
Acts, 
$295,526,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
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Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $68,454,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Direc-
tor of the Air National Guard determines that additional obli-
gations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$123,804,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction, Air National Guard’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
and conversion of facilities for the training and administra-
tion of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of 
title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction Au-
thorization Acts, $151,076,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $27,389,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and
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notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, $44,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, 
and in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
and conversion of facilities for the training and administra-
tion of the reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps 
as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, 
and 
Military 
Construction 
Authorization 
Acts, 
$51,291,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,495,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec-
retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
and conversion of facilities for the training and administra-
tion of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 
of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $331,572,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $14,646,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under 
the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for 
the acquisition and construction of military facilities and in-
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stallations (including international military headquarters) and 
for related expenses for the collective defense of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by section 2806 of title 
10, United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $293,434,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $489,174,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expan-
sion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$304,895,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insur-
ance premiums, as authorized by law, $395,485,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
Corps for construction, including acquisition, replacement, 
addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized
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by law, $277,142,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt pay-
ment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest 
charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$373,854,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$237,097,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for op-
eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insur-
ance premiums, as authorized by law, $324,386,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
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tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $50,785,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $6,611,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to 
section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing alter-
native means of acquiring and improving military family 
housing and supporting facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied 
Housing Improvement Fund, $496,000, to remain available 
until expended, for unaccompanied housing initiatives under-
taken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military unaccompanied housing and supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee 
contract for construction, where cost estimates exceed 
$25,000, to be performed within the United States, except 
Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the Sec-
retary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.
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SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 
23, United States Code, when projects authorized therein are 
certified as important to the national defense by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United 
States for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in ex-
cess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the Army 
Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Com-
mand, except: (1) where there is a determination of value by 
a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney 
General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where 
the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public 
interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site prepa-
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ration; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, except 
housing for which funds have been made available in annual 
Acts making appropriations for military construction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title 
for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate 
any activity from one base or installation to another, without 
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used for the procurement of steel for any construction 
project or activity for which American steel producers, fab-
ricators, and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity 
to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without 
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts esti-
mated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to 
be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Or-
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ganization member country, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with host 
nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this title 
for military construction in the United States territories and 
possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in coun-
tries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any 
contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 
to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this section shall not 
be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest respon-
sive and responsible bid of a United States contractor exceeds 
the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign con-
tractor by greater than 20 percent: Provided further, That 
this section shall not apply to contract awards for military 
construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest respon-
sive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese con-
tractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the ap-
propriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including 
the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any 
proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 
30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for con-
struction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to 
exceed $100,000.
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SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of De-
fense for construction in prior years shall be available for 
construction authorized for each such military department by 
the authorizations enacted into law during the current session 
of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or defense 
agency for the construction of military projects may be obli-
gated for a military construction project or contract, or for 
any portion of such a project or contract, at any time before 
the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year for 
which funds for such project were made available, if the 
funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds 
available for military construction projects; and (2) do not ex-
ceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any 
amount by which the cost of such project is increased pursu-
ant to law.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pur-
suant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction 
of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construc-
tion’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts 
appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to cover 
the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued 
by the Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of 
subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, 
pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving
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military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 
supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 
the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 
U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and for 
the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of funds 
for repair and maintenance of all family housing units, in-
cluding general or flag officer quarters: Provided, That not 
more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annually for the 
maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer quar-
ters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a noti-
fication provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sec-
tions 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
except that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if
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the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs associated with 
environmental remediation that could not be reasonably an-
ticipated at the time of the budget submission: Provided fur-
ther, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is 
to report annually to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex-
penditures for each individual general or flag officer quarters 
for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified in 
subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pursuant 
to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropriations 
available in this Act to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary construction and family housing operation and mainte-
nance and construction have expired for obligation, upon a 
determination that such appropriations will not be necessary 
for the liquidation of obligations or for making authorized ad-
justments to such appropriations for obligations incurred dur-
ing the period of availability of such appropriations, unobli-
gated balances of such appropriations may be transferred 
into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Con-
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struction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same time period and for the same purposes as the ap-
propriation to which transferred. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities within 
the account in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines 
for military construction and family housing construction 
contained in Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of April 2021, 
as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 
SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $8,214,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$182,150,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $166,300,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$62,400,000;
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‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$66,815,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$5,200,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$23,000,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction and cost to complete projects identified in the 
respective military department’s unfunded priority list for fis-
cal year 2024 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
such projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation 
and expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 
their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Department 
of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, Air Force’’, 
and ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, De-
fense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in a National Defense Authorization Act specified 
for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table in section 4601 of
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specified minor construction, for improving military installa-
tion resilience, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$7,500,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $7,500,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 
their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design and un-
specified minor construction for construction improvements to 
Department of Defense laboratory facilities, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $10,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$10,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $10,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 
their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section.
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SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Air Force’’, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028, for expenses incurred as a result 
of natural disasters: Provided, That not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design for 
child development centers, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 
barracks, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000;
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‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Air Force’’, $16,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for cost increases identified subsequent 
to the fiscal year 2024 budget request for authorized major 
construction projects: Provided, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for unspecified minor construc-
tion for demolition, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000:
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Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department concerned may 
not obligate or expend any funds prior to approval by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the expenditure plan required by this section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 135. Of the proceeds credited to the Department 
of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant to 
subsection (c)(1)(D) of section 2883 of title 10, United 
States Code, pursuant to a Department of Navy investment, 
the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $19,000,000 to the 
Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) 
of such section for use by the Secretary of the Navy as pro-
vided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until expended. 
SEC. 136. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Defense-Wide’’, $37,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That such funds may 
only be obligated to carry out construction projects specified 
in a National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024 
in the funding table in section 4601 of that Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this
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Act, the Secretary of Defense, or their designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 137. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Air National Guard’’, $83,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028, for planning and design 
and authorized major construction projects at future foreign 
military training sites: Provided, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 138. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the 
United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Sur-
vivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chap-
ters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$15,072,388,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre-
viously appropriated under this heading that became available 
on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; and, 
in addition, $182,310,515,000, which shall become available 
on October 1, 2024, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $22,109,000 of the amount made
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available for fiscal year 2025 under this heading shall be re-
imbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for 
necessary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 
51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient 
basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 
Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facilities 
for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation ben-
efits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 
30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 
38, United States Code, $374,852,000, which shall be in ad-
dition to funds previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2023, to remain available 
until expended; and, in addition, $13,399,805,000, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2024, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilita-
tion program services and assistance which the Secretary is 
authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of 
title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs
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(1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to 
this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life in-
surance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans 
insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized 
by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United States Code, 
$12,701,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on Oc-
tober 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; and, in ad-
dition, $135,119,422, which shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2024, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 
by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
States Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That, during fiscal year 2024, within the resources available, 
not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $316,742,419.
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $78,337, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,026,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $460,698, which may be 
paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 
38, United States Code, $2,718,546. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, and reim-
bursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of over-
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seas employee mail, $3,899,000,000: Provided, That expenses 
for services and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), 
(2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs deter-
mines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the 
maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain 
and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve max-
imum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this 
account: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by 
law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to bene-
ficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans 
described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
including care and treatment in facilities not under the juris-
diction of the Department, and including medical supplies 
and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, and 
salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under 
title 38, United States Code, assistance and support services 
for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 
United States Code, loan repayments authorized by section
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in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of 
prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration fa-
cilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescrip-
tions based on requirements established by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the implementation of the program de-
scribed in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that suf-
ficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical 
supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans: Provided 
further, That nothing in section 2044(e) of title 38, United 
States Code, may be construed as limiting amounts that may 
be made available under this heading for fiscal years 2024 
and 2025 in this or prior Acts. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to in-
dividuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus re-
imbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 
2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1,
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priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $1,550,000,000 
is hereby rescinded. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and 
other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Administra-
tion; for administrative expenses in support of planning, de-
sign, project management, real property acquisition and dis-
position, construction, and renovation of any facility under 
the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for over-
sight, engineering, and architectural activities not charged to 
project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing 
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris-
diction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either 
by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and pur-
chase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry 
services; $149,485,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became avail-
able on October 1, 2023; and, in addition, $9,400,000,000, 
plus reimbursements, which shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That, of the amount made available on Octo-
ber 1, 2024, under this heading, $500,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026.
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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$943,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure 
research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or im-
provement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the National 
Cemetery Administration, $480,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide capital 
planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services, $475,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That funds provided under this heading may 
be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $287,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2025. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information sys-
tems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital asset
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acquisition of information technology systems, including man-
agement and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$6,401,000,000, 
plus 
reimbursements: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,606,977,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That $4,668,373,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to ex-
ceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $75,288,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for the purpose of facility activations re-
lated to projects funded by the ‘‘Construction, Major 
Projects’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’, ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and 
‘‘General Administration’’ accounts: Provided further, That 
$125,650,000 shall be for information technology systems de-
velopment, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That amounts made available for sal-
aries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and infor-
mation technology systems development may be transferred 
among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer
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and an approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
count for development may be transferred among projects or 
to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no project 
may be increased or decreased by more than $3,000,000 of 
cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 
30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for information technology sys-
tems development shall be for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified under this heading in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act). 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, de-
velopment, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance 
of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, including 
contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and salaries and 
expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United 
States Code, $1,334,142,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obliga-
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tions, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facil-
ity, including any changes from the deployment plan or 
schedule: Provided further, That the funds provided in this 
account shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, to be administered by that Office: Provided further, 
That 25 percent of the funds made available under this head-
ing shall not be available until July 1, 2024, and are contin-
gent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) providing the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a report, no later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act on the status of issues that 
caused the delayed deployment of the new electronic 
health record to additional sites that was announced on 
April 21, 2023; 
(2) providing the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a report on the reset process 
as of June 1, 2024, including an outline of the measur-
able operational metrics that will be used to determine 
when it is appropriate to re-start deployments, progress 
on achieving those metrics, progress toward clinical and 
product standardization, and the current performance at 
all Department of Veterans Affairs facilities using the 
new electronic health record on or before September 
2023 compared to pre-deployment baselines for metrics
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impacted by the deployment of the new electronic health 
record; and 
(3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days prior 
to July 1, 2024, whether the system is stable, ready, and 
optimized for further deployment at VA sites, and if not, 
an estimate of the timeline required to begin further de-
ployments. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $296,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any 
of the facilities, including parking projects, under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 
2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not oth-
erwise provided for, including planning, architectural and en-
gineering services, construction management services, mainte-
nance or guarantee period services costs associated with 
equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system con-
struction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost
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of a project is more than the amount set forth in section 
8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, or where funds 
for a project were made available in a previous major project 
appropriation, $961,218,560, of which $453,314,560 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2028, and of which 
$507,904,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$110,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 
projects and seismic program management activities, includ-
ing for projects that would otherwise be funded by the Con-
struction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or National 
Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, That except for 
advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including port-
folio development and management activities, and planning, 
cost estimating, and design for major medical facility projects 
and major medical facility leases and investment strategy 
studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 
planning and design activities funded through the design 
fund, staffing expenses, and funds provided for the purchase, 
security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 
Administration and the Veterans Health Administration 
through the land acquisition line item, none of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be used for any 
project that has not been notified to Congress through the
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budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Con-
gress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory 
statement accompanying such Act and presented to the Presi-
dent at the time of enrollment: Provided further, That funds 
provided for the Veterans Health Administration through the 
land acquisition line item shall be only for projects included 
on the five year development plan notified to Congress 
through the budgetary process: Provided further, That such 
sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 
‘‘General Administration’’ account for payment of salaries 
and expenses of all Office of Construction and Facilities Man-
agement employees to support the full range of capital infra-
structure services provided, including minor construction and 
leasing services: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading for fiscal year 2024, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construc-
tion documents contract by September 30, 2024; and (2) by 
the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress a written report on any ap-
proved major construction project for which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of 
section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts
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made available under this heading for seismic improvement 
projects and seismic program management activities shall be 
available for the completion of both new and existing seismic 
projects of the Department. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any 
of the facilities, including parking projects, under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
including planning and assessments of needs which may lead 
to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, 
maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, serv-
ices of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage sys-
tem construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 
81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided 
for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less 
than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$692,000,000, 
of 
which 
$612,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, and of which $80,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is 
equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section:
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Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under 
the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are 
necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures nec-
essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, mod-
ify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary 
facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as 
authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of title 38, United 
States Code, $171,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as 
authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2024 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
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ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appropria-
tions: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au-
thority to make the transfer and such Committees issue an 
approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Fa-
cilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the accounts: 
Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Com-
pliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total amount ap-
propriated to the account in this or any other Act may take 
place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: Pro-
vided further, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceed-
ing the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take 
place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees
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on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ 
account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sala-
ries and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 
through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the ap-
propriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital 
or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be avail-
able for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except 
beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination 
under the laws providing such benefits to veterans, and per-
sons receiving such treatment under sections 7901 through 
7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
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U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the cost of 
such hospitalization or examination is made to the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account at such rates as may be fixed by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be available 
for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be 
recorded by law against the corresponding prior year ac-
counts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior 
year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 
3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, except 
that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they 
shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United States 
Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans
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Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of the insur-
ance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus 
earnings accumulated in such an insurance program during 
fiscal year 2024 that are available for dividends in that pro-
gram after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the 
cost of administration of such an insurance program exceeds 
the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such sur-
plus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall de-
termine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2024 which 
is properly allocable to the provision of each such insurance 
program and to the provision of any total disability income 
insurance included in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services shall be available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for sala-
ries and other administrative expenses shall also be available 
to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity 
and Inclusion, the Office of Employment Discrimination
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Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative Dispute Resolu-
tion function within the Office of Human Resources and Ad-
ministration for all services provided at rates which will re-
cover actual costs but not to exceed $145,408,000 for the Of-
fice of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion, 
$6,960,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication, and $7,772,000 for the Alternative 
Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human Re-
sources and Administration: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on esti-
mated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the office that pro-
vided the service: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity 
and Inclusion under this section may be used for implementa-
tion of section 402 of division U of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) and the amend-
ments made by such section 402. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 17 
of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-connected 
disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless 
that person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Af-
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fairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, current, ac-
curate third-party reimbursement information for purposes of 
section 1729 of such title: Provided, That the Secretary may 
recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the 
United States, the reasonable charges for such care or serv-
ices from any person who does not make such disclosure as 
required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for 
care or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obli-
gated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which 
amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Con-
struction, 
Major 
Projects’’ 
and 
‘‘Construction, 
Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as re-
alized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Con-
struction, 
Major 
Projects’’ 
and 
‘‘Construction, 
Minor 
Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ are available—
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(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, 
and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
expenses incidental to funerals and burials for bene-
ficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 
38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ accounts to re-
main available until expended for the purposes of these ac-
counts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, includ-
ing behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in rural 
Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating veterans 
and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
ka’’ shall mean those lands which are not within the bound-
aries of the municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks 
North Star Borough.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to 
section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construc-
tion, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, That, at 
a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained 
in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, under the 
heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board of Vet-
erans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘National 
Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2024 may 
be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers may not result
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in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total 
amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, That, before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to 
$430,532,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 
the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by 
section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and 
may be used for operation of the facilities designated as com-
bined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 
Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from ac-
counts designated in this section to the Joint Department of 
Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
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Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That sec-
tion 220 of title II of division J of Public Law 117–328 is 
repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2024, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 
up to $456,547,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2571) and may be used for operation of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be trans-
ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica-
tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a min-
imum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD–VA 
Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain avail-
able until expended, for any purpose authorized by section 
8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be 
used to replace the current system by which the Veterans In-
tegrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of all bid savings in a major construction project that 
total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed 
amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, That such 
notification shall occur within 14 days of a contract identi-
fying the programmed amount: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of 
such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of 
such savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original jus-
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tification data provided to the Congress as part of the request 
for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall 
include the direction contained in the section entitled ‘‘Dis-
ability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114– 
223: Provided further, That the report shall also include in-
formation on the number of appeals pending at the Veterans 
Benefits Administration as well as the Board of Veterans Ap-
peals on a quarterly basis. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organizational 
changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more full-time 
equivalents from one organizational unit of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to another.
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SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs of 
the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropriations 
made available for fiscal year 2024 in this title (except appro-
priations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discretionary unob-
ligated balances within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
including those appropriated for fiscal year 2024, that were 
provided in advance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That 
transfers shall be made only with the approval of the Office 
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided fur-
ther, That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That such authority to transfer may not be
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used unless for higher priority items, based on emergent 
healthcare requirements, than those for which originally ap-
propriated and in no case where the item for which funds are 
requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, 
That, upon determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such 
amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation and 
shall be available for the same purposes as originally appro-
priated: Provided further, That before a transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and receive approval 
of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive 
approval of that request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not re-
program funds among major construction projects or pro-
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grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline 
immediate assistance from a trained professional; and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American As-
sociation of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive ac-
tion that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from ap-
pointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service posi-
tion, or establishing a new civil service position, at the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a position 
relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, Presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive.
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(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a 
study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub-
section (a) during the 5-year period beginning on January 1, 
2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data and data 
collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) 
shall— 
(A) determine the number of veterans who contact 
the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive 
follow up services from the hotline or mental health serv-
ices from the Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who contact 
the hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue 
receiving, mental health care who commit suicide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described in 
subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2025, none of the 
funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in con-
travention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration Clinical 
Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Veterans 
Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer Guid-
ance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans
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Health Administration National Center for Health Promotion 
and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted 
reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the 
spouse of a covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, as 
such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code, who has a service-connected disability that 
results in the inability of the veteran to procreate with-
out the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs a 
serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to sec-
tion 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, as 
described in the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy
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for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Se-
riously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active 
Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, 
and the guidance issued to implement such policy, in-
cluding any limitations on the amount of such benefits 
available to such a member except that— 
(A) 
the 
time 
periods 
regarding 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 
III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 
shall not apply; and 
(B) 
such 
term 
includes 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage without limitation on 
the duration of such cryopreservation and storage. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means re-
imbursement for the adoption-related expenses for an 
adoption that is finalized after the date of the enactment 
of this Act under the same terms as apply under the 
adoption reimbursement program of the Department of 
Defense, as authorized in Department of Defense In-
struction 1341.09, including the reimbursement limits 
and requirements set forth in such instruction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in 
subsection (a) of this section are subject to the requirements
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for funds contained in section 508 of division H of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is 
inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 236. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall not 
apply to conversion of an activity or function of the Veterans 
Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or 
National Cemetery Administration to contractor performance 
by a business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by 
one or more Indian Tribes as defined in section 5304(e) of 
title 25, United States Code, or one or more Native Hawaiian 
Organizations as defined in section 637(a)(15) of title 15, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 237. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Labor, shall discontinue collecting and using Social Security 
account numbers to authenticate individuals in all informa-
tion systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs for all in-
dividuals not later than September 30, 2024.
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(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and 
use a Social Security account number to identify an indi-
vidual, in accordance with section 552a of title 5, United 
States Code, in an information system of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such number is nec-
essary to: 
(1) obtain or provide information the Secretary re-
quires from an information system that is not under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary; 
(2) comply with a law, regulation, or court order; 
(3) perform anti-fraud activities; or 
(4) identify a specific individual where no adequate 
substitute is available. 
(c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede 
section 237 of division J of Public Law 117–328. 
SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of division A of Public Law 
114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any 
amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation 
Fund to any other account within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs.
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SEC. 240. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 
2025 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each year 
to carry out and expand the child care program authorized 
by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwithstanding sub-
section (e) of such section. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this title may be used by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to resolv-
ing a dispute or claim with an individual that would restrict 
in any way the individual from speaking to members of Con-
gress or their staff on any topic not otherwise prohibited 
from disclosure by Federal law or required by Executive 
order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or 
the conduct of foreign affairs. 
SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 
258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to deny an In-
spector General funded under this Act timely access to any 
records, documents, or other materials available to the de-
partment or agency over which that Inspector General has re-
sponsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of the In-
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spector General to such records, documents, or other mate-
rials, under any provision of law, except a provision of law 
that expressly refers to such Inspector General and expressly 
limits the right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
provide its Inspector General access to all records, docu-
ments, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information 
provided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives within 5 calendar days of any failure by any depart-
ment or agency covered by this section to comply with this 
requirement. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used in a manner that would increase wait times for 
veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration may be used in fiscal year 2024 to convert any pro-
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gram which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 
2023 to a general purpose funded program unless the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs submits written notification of any 
such proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such action 
and an approval is issued by the Committees. 
SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 
248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct re-
search commencing on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, that uses any canine, feline, or non-human primate un-
less the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves such research 
specifically and in writing pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 
the conduct of research commencing on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act, using canines, felines, or non-human 
primates if the Secretary certifies that— 
(A) the scientific objectives of the research can only 
be met by using such canines, felines, or non-human pri-
mates and cannot be met using other animal models, in 
vitro models, computational models, human clinical stud-
ies, or other research alternatives;
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(B) such scientific objectives are necessary to ad-
vance research benefiting veterans and are directly re-
lated to an illness or injury that is combat-related as de-
fined by 10 U.S.C. 1413(e); 
(C) the research is consistent with the revised De-
partment of Veterans Affairs canine research policy doc-
ument dated December 15, 2017, including any subse-
quent revisions to such document; and 
(D) ethical considerations regarding minimizing the 
harm experienced by canines, felines, or non-human pri-
mates are included in evaluating the scientific necessity 
of the research. 
(2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under 
this subsection. 
(c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant 
to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the com-
mencement of such research, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report describing— 
(1) the nature of the research to be conducted using 
canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(2) the date on which the Secretary approved the 
research; 
(3) the USDA pain category on the approved use;
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(4) the justification for the determination of the 
Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research 
could only be met using canines, felines, or non-human 
primates, and methods used to make such determination; 
(5) the frequency and duration of such research; 
and 
(6) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of the research, and animal welfare. 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to such Committees a report describing— 
(1) any research being conducted by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non- 
human primates as of the date of the submittal of the 
report; 
(2) the circumstances under which such research 
was conducted using canines, felines, or non-human pri-
mates; 
(3) the justification for using canines, felines, or 
non-human primates to conduct such research; 
(4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of such research; and 
(5) the development and adoption of alternatives to 
canines, felines, or non-human primate research.
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(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs must submit to voluntary U.S. Department 
of Agriculture inspections of canine, feline, and non-human 
primate research facilities. 
(f) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to such Committees a report describing — 
(1) any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, the 
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use 
of Laboratory Animals, or other Department of Veterans 
Affairs policies related to oversight of animal research 
found during that quarter in VA research facilities; 
(2) immediate corrective actions taken; and 
(3) specific actions taken to prevent their recur-
rence. 
(g) The Department shall implement a plan under which 
the Secretary will eliminate the research conducted using ca-
nines, felines, or non-human primates by not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employ-
ment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation con-
ducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, does
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not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employment equiva-
lent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
each such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff 
ratio for each such program. 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account in 
this or any other Act for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 may be 
used for expenses that would otherwise be payable from the 
Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 of the Vet-
erans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as amended 
(38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 through 
2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by section 1741 
of title 38, United States Code) shall remain in the ‘‘Medical 
Community Care’’ account for such fiscal years. 
SEC. 251. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or
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any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration— 
Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Med-
ical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administration— 
Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration—Medical Facilities’’ accounts, $990,446,000 
shall be made available for gender-specific care and pro-
grammatic efforts to deliver care for women veterans. 
SEC. 252. Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal 
year 2024 in the ‘‘Recurring Expenses Transformational 
Fund’’ established in section 243 of division J of Public Law 
114–113, and in addition to any funds otherwise made avail-
able for such purposes in this, prior, or subsequent fiscal 
years, $646,000,000 shall be available for constructing, alter-
ing, extending, and improving medical facilities of the Vet-
erans Health Administration, including all supporting activi-
ties and required contingencies, during the period of avail-
ability of the Fund: Provided, That prior to obligation of any 
of the funds provided in this section, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs must provide a plan for the execution of the 
funds appropriated in this section to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress and such Commit-
tees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 
days has elapsed. 
SEC. 253. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit
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to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a quarterly report on the status of section 8006 of the 
American Rescue Plan of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Pro-
vided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include an up-
date on obligations by program, project or activity and a plan 
for expending the remaining funds. 
SEC. 254. Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds made available through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 
2023 (Public Law 118–5) for the Cost of War Toxic Expo-
sures Fund for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the budget 
resource categories supporting the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration shall be reported by the subcategories ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit a quarterly re-
port on the status of the funds, including, at a minimum, an 
update on obligations by program, project or activity. 
SEC. 255. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and 
administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) 
of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 2017 and 
September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out an order 
placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to
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section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, that are avail-
able for obligation pursuant to section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, are to remain available for the liquida-
tion of valid obligations incurred by such corporation during 
the period of performance of such order, provided that the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such amounts 
need to remain available for such liquidation. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 256. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Departmental Administra-
tion—Veterans Electronic Health Record’’ in division J of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328), $460,005,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 257. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs hos-
pitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental as-
sessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing Vet-
erans Health Administration medical facilities as part of a 
planned realignment of services until the Secretary provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report including an analysis of how any such planned 
realignment of services will impact access to care for veterans 
living in rural or highly rural areas, including travel distances 
and transportation costs to access a Department medical fa-
cility and availability of local specialty and primary care.
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SEC. 258. Unobligated balances available under the 
headings ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’ may be obligated by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 2(e)(1) of the 
Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improve-
ments Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 
294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide additional 
funds or to fund an escalation clause under such section of 
such Act: Provided, That before such unobligated balances 
are obligated pursuant to this section, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to obli-
gate such unobligated balances and such Committees issue an 
approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed: Provided further, That the request to obligate such 
unobligated balances must provide Congress notice that the 
entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114–294, as 
amended, has exhausted available cost containment ap-
proaches as set forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of 
such Public Law. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 259. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis-
tration’’ from prior appropriations Acts, including any funds 
transferred from the Medical Care Collections Fund to ac-
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counts under such heading, $1,951,750,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were provided under the heading ‘‘Medical and 
Prosthetic Research’’ or amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
plan for rescinding amounts required by this section no later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 260. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs from 
prior appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, $30,000,000; 
‘‘General Administration’’, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, $15,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, $80,218,560: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
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quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 261. Amounts provided to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs under the heading ‘‘Departmental Administra-
tion—Construction, Major Projects’’ in title II of division F 
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116–94) that were transferred to the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers (Corps) pursuant to an interagency agreement 
for the major construction project in Alameda, CA, and that 
remain unobligated at the Corps, shall be immediately trans-
ferred back to the Department of Veterans Affairs and per-
manently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded shall be appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2028, for the 
same purposes and under the same authorities for which such 
amounts were originally provided under such heading in such 
Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space 
in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replacement basis 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$15,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, 
when required by law of such countries, $158,630,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 
sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, 
$47,200,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be available 
for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described 
and in accordance with the process and reporting procedures 
set forth under this heading in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the pur-
chase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on 
a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $99,880,000, of which 
not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. In addition, such sums as may be necessary 
for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be de-
rived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of Defense Real Prop-
erty for Defense Agencies’’ account.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and con-
struction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $88,600,000, to remain 
available until expended, for planning and design and con-
struction associated with the Southern Expansion project at 
Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be 
paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $8,940,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for construction and renovation of the 
physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading from funds avail-
able in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, 
$25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and shall 
be available until expended to support activities at the Army 
National Military Cemeteries.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
funds are made available that the program, project, or activ-
ity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating to risk 
assessment, the protection of private property rights, or un-
funded mandates. 
SEC. 403. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing stat-
utory authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E- 
Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct of 
their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifi-
cations required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Mili-
tary Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government except pursuant to a 
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this or 
any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for a project or program named for an indi-
vidual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available 
in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
the public Web site of that agency any report required to be 
submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises na-
tional security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do 
so only after such report has been made available to the re-
questing Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days.
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SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and ex-
changing of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal inves-
tigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for 
first-class travel by an employee of the agency in contraven-
tion of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, in-
cluding construction services, where the contractor has not 
complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of De-
fense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or ex-
pand any facility in the United States, its territories, or pos-
sessions to house any individual detained at United States
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Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the con-
trol of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any indi-
vidual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States 
Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective con-
trol of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States 
Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under sec-
tion 5502 of title 38, United States Code, in any case arising 
out of the administration by the Secretary of laws and bene-
fits under such title, to report a person who is deemed men-
tally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, or to be experi-
encing an extended loss of consciousness as a person who has 
been adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection 
(d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States
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Code, without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or 
other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such 
person is a danger to himself or herself or others. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024’’.
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVEL-
OPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRA-
TION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$58,292,000 of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to ex-
ceed $1,896,000 shall be available for the Office of Homeland 
Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Tribal Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall be to 
continue a Tribal Public Health Resource Center at a land 
grant university with existing indigenous public health exper-
tise to expand current partnerships and collaborative efforts 
with indigenous groups, including but not limited to, tribal 
organizations and institutions such as tribal colleges, tribal 
technical colleges, tribal community colleges and tribal uni-
versities, to improve the delivery of culturally appropriate 
public health services and functions in American Indian com-
munities focusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to ex-
ceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner-
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ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $25,206,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Admin-
istration, of which $23,500,000 shall be available for Depart-
mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for 
management support services to offices of the Department 
and for general administration, security, repairs and alter-
ations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and ef-
ficient work of the Department: Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis-
sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up 
to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to ex-
ceed $4,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental 
Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, includ-
ing programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch; and not to exceed $7,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Communications: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made
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available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of 
the Secretary shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the amount 
made available under this heading for Departmental Adminis-
tration shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in 
this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hear-
ings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergov-
ernmental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies of the De-
partment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 
30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day no-
tification period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin imple-
mentation of the action that is subject to section 716 of this 
Act or make any public announcement of such action in any 
form.
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
mist, $30,500,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants 
or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 
3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an interdisciplinary cen-
ter based at a land grant university focused on agricultural 
policy relevant to the Midwest region which will provide pri-
vate entities, policymakers, and the public with timely in-
sights and targeted economic solutions: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$500,000 shall be available to carry out section 224 of sub-
title A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act 
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 12504 of 
Public Law 115–334. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $16,703,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $14,967,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $91,000,000, of which not less than
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$77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart-
ment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $6,867,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$37,000,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant 
to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 
1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 
U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Department 
which are included in this Act, and for alterations and other 
actions needed for the Department and its agencies to con-
solidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for re-
lease to the Administrator of General Services, and for the
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operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, 
$22,603,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 
et seq.), $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to the 
Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Fed-
eral and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
and Protection, $20,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$111,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and 
private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector
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General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential 
operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to 
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pur-
suant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and 
Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $60,537,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Research, Education, and Economics, $1,884,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Research, Education, and Economics mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one adminis-
trative support staff for the Office: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 
shall be made available for the Office of the Chief Scientist.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $90,612,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Sta-
tistics Service, $187,513,000, of which up to $46,850,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current Industrial 
Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and with 
prior notification and approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 
equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall 
not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or inter-
ests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,788,063,000: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursu-
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ant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and re-
pair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not ex-
ceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which 
shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings 
to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con-
structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering 
into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research Service 
location for the construction of a research facility by a non- 
Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall 
be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal enti-
ty and shall be removed upon the expiration or termination 
of the lease agreement: Provided further, That the limitations 
on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Ag-
ricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the fore-
going limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings
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needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
113a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for granting easements at any Agricultural Re-
search Service location for the construction of a research fa-
cility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, 
the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the ease-
ments shall be that upon completion the facility shall be ac-
cepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds 
herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility 
is in the interest of the United States: Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research project 
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 
not otherwise provided, $57,164,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for co-
operative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for 
other expenses, $1,075,950,000, which shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Edu-
cation Activities’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That funds for research grants for 
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, 
Hispanic serving institutions education grants, capacity build-
ing for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture 
and food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repay-
ment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institu-
tion challenge grants, grants management systems, tribal col-
leges education equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 insti-
tutions shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Na-
tive and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail-
able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible 
institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the States 
of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for pro-
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viding grants for food and agricultural sciences for Alaska 
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for In-
sular Areas shall remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 
institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible to 
receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 
available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture 
and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be 
retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative 
costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that author-
ity. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
$11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puer-
to Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern 
Marianas, and American Samoa, $561,700,000 which shall be 
for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension 
Activities’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 in-
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stitutions and for facility improvements at 1890 institutions 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for 
cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds for cooperative extension under sec-
tions 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) 
and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be 
available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 
for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $41,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the explan-
atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 
costs shall not be charged against any Extension Implementa-
tion Program Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/ 
Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one adminis-
trative support staff for the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,162,026,000, of 
which up to $14,276,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act); of which $500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for invasive catfish control; of which $250,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available for the con-
trol of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases 
and for control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency
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fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 
of which $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for cost 
share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; of which $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 
which $35,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for agricultural quarantine and inspection services; of 
which $3,500,000 shall be for activities under the authority 
of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
1831); of which $65,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be used to support avian health; of which 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
information 
technology 
infrastructure; 
of 
which 
$215,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for one-time control and 
management and associated activities directly related to the 
multiple-agency response to citrus greening; of which, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
zoonotic disease management; of which $44,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for emergency pre-
paredness and response; of which $59,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of 
which $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
the scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the wildlife dam-
age management program for aviation safety: Provided, That 
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 
methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of amounts available under 
this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall 
remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program and transition activities for the National Bio 
and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or 
administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current 
fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be available for the purchase, replacement, 
operation, and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, 
That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment 
of the agricultural production industry of the United States, 
the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or 
funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
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ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available 
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of 
contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 
or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 
and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Pro-
tection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in 
the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such trans-
ferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political subdivi-
sions, domestic and international organizations, foreign gov-
ernments, or individuals, provided that such fees are struc-
tured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is reason-
ably based on the technical assistance, goods, or services pro-
vided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be reim-
bursed to this account, to remain available until expended,
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without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, 
goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 2268a, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $222,887,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available 
for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79, and 
of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of 
section 779 of division A of Public Law 117–103: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115–334, of which 
$11,250,000 shall be for dairy business innovation initiatives 
established in Public Law 116–6 and the Secretary shall take 
measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds between 
these three regional innovation initiatives: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
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improvements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization ac-
tivities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to the 
development or maintenance of grain standards under the 
United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $21,501,000 for
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formulation and administration of marketing agreements and 
orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 
of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87– 
128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,000,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities re-
quire additional supervision and oversight, or other uncontrol-
lable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 
10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
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FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products In-
spection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including 
not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,190,009,000; and in addition, 
$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees col-
lected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized 
by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds 
provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent po-
sitions shall be employed during fiscal year 2024 for purposes 
dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice shall continue implementation of section 11016 of Public 
Law 110–246 as further clarified by the amendments made 
in section 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
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ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building.
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,527,000: 
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one adminis-
trative support staff for the Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $244,183,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 of 
Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $60,228,000 of 
amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to 
section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and 
merged with this account.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,209,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and antici-
pated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and 
farm loan officers and shall be available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the agency shall submit a report by the 
end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that iden-
tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) cur-
rent performance against key indicators of customer satisfac-
tion, (b) current performance of service level agreements or 
other technical metrics, (c) current performance against a 
pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of cur-
rent and planned spending on operational enhancements or 
upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment 
continues to meet business needs as intended as well as alter-
natives to the investment: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and au-
thorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to make program payments for all programs admin-
istered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds 
made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be
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advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$696,594,000 shall be made available to county offices, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding the preceding proviso, any funds made available 
to county offices in the current fiscal year that the Adminis-
trator of the Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or not 
meet the amount needed for the county offices may be trans-
ferred to or from the Farm Service Agency for necessary ex-
penses: Provided further, That none of the funds available to 
the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 
Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the 
funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to 
permanently relocate county based employees that would re-
sult in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 
notification and approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 
$6,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may 
determine that United States territories and Federally recog-
nized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the purposes of Subtitle 
A of such Act.
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GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or ground-
water protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $7,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy prod-
ucts under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public 
Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse-
ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,500,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 
U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed 
conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), relending pro-
gram (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly fractionated land 
loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available from funds in the Ag-
ricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 
for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for 
farm ownership direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized 
guaranteed operating loans and $1,633,000,000 for direct op-
erating loans; emergency loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation 
loans, $150,000,000; relending program, $61,426,000; Indian 
highly fractionated land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for 
the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
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$3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until ex-
pended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm operating loans, 
$1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 
loans, $19,368,000 for the relending program, $1,577,000 for 
Indian highly fractionated land loans, and $258,000 for boll 
weevil eradication program loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$326,053,000: Provided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, oper-
ating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may 
be transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$65,637,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act shall be available 
for compliance and integrity activities required under section 
516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to amounts
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otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including prep-
aration of conservation plans and establishment of measures 
to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land 
drainage and such special measures for soil and water man-
agement as may be necessary to prevent floods and the silta-
tion of reservoirs and to control agricultural related pollut-
ants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; clas-
sification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in 
the plant materials program by donation, exchange, or pur-
chase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the 
Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erec-
tion or alteration or improvement of permanent and tem-
porary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$914,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
of which $19,144,913 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’
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in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of 
buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 
except that the cost of alterations and improvements to other 
buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed 
$250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other 
structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to 
use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available under this 
heading, $7,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 
out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Pro-
gram under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the De-
partment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 
U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 
115–334. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investigations, 
engineering operations, works of improvement, and changes 
in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007– 
1009) and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, $35,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, of which $20,350,000 shall be for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That for funds provided by 
this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the 
size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred 
and fifty thousand acres in which such activities can be un-
dertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for the pri-
mary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 
land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $14,650,000 
shall be allocated to multi-benefit irrigation modernization 
projects and activities that increase fish or wildlife habitat, 
reduce drought impact, improve water quality or instream 
flow, or provide off-channel renewable energy production. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $1,000,000 is provided. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and
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commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to the 
Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for 
the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by 
the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation busi-
ness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the
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Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate in 
writing 15 days prior to the obligation or commitment of any 
emergency funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation: 
Provided further, That such written notification shall include 
a detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds 
and an expected timeline for program execution if such obli-
gation or commitment exceeds $100,000,000. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site in-
vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and mainte-
nance expenses to comply with the requirement of section 
107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 
6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).
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TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural 
Development mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administra-
tion and implementation of Rural Development programs, in-
cluding activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for coop-
erative agreements; $351,087,000: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, up to $1,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the 
Rural Partners Network activities of the Department of Agri-
culture, and may be transferred to other agencies of the De-
partment for such purpose, consistent with the missions and 
authorities of such agencies: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, no less than
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$75,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used for information technology expenses: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any 
amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 
Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will re-
main available until expended for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
insurance fund, as follows: $880,000,000 shall be for section 
502 direct loans; $5,000,000 shall be for a Single Family 
Housing Relending demonstration program for Native Amer-
ican Tribes; and $25,000,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025 shall be for section 502 unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 hous-
ing repair loans; $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
$400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family hous-
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ing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family hous-
ing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
524 site development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
loans, $84,480,000 shall be for direct loans; Single Family 
Housing Relending demonstration program for Native Amer-
ican Tribes, $2,288,000; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$4,338,000; section 523 self-help housing land development 
loans, $637,000; section 524 site development loans, 
$477,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of 
section 515 rental housing, $20,988,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That to support the loan program 
level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 
this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to 
cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to 
the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be sub-
sidized: Provided further, That applicants in communities that 
have a current rural area waiver under section 541 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as 
living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed 
loans provided under this heading: Provided further, That of
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the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for di-
rect loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 
to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 
grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 
until June 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the ac-
quisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily hous-
ing properties by such nonprofit organizations and public 
housing authorities that commit to keep such properties in 
the RHS multifamily housing program for a period of time 
as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to in-
clude, but not be limited to, the following: allow such non-
profit entities and public housing authorities to earn a Re-
turn on Investment on their own resources to include pro-
ceeds from low income housing tax credit syndication, own 
contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates 
and terms, invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of or-
ganizational costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset 
referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per 
property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, in-
cluding the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $34,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended, for a demonstration program 
for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 
515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to re-
structure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 
Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of 
ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable hous-
ing for low-income residents and farm laborers including re-
ducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, sub-
ordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-
nancial assistance including advances, payments and incen-
tives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable re-
turns on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall, as part of the preservation and revi-
talization agreement, obtain a restrictive use agreement con-
sistent with the terms of the restructuring. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and con-
tracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $12,722,000, to remain 
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu 
of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as au-
thorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 
$1,608,000,000, and in addition such sums as may be nec-
essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq-
uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the 
rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available for renewal of rental assistance agreements 
for a maximum of 1,000 units where the Secretary deter-
mines that a maturing loan for a project cannot reasonably 
be restructured with another USDA loan or modification and 
the project was operating with rental assistance under section 
521 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into rental assistance contracts in ma-
turing properties with existing rental assistance agreements 
notwithstanding any provision of section 521 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not more 
than 20 years: Provided further, That any agreement to enter 
into a rental assistance contract under section 521 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall obligate 
the owner to continue to maintain the project as decent, safe,
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and sanitary housing and to operate the development in ac-
cordance with the Housing Act of 1949, except that rents 
shall be based on current Fair Market Rents as established 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development pur-
suant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 
3535d, to determine the maximum initial rent and adjusted 
annually by the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant 
to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, unless the Agency determines 
that the project’s budget-based needs require a higher rent, 
in which case the Agency may approve a budget-based rent 
level: Provided further, That rental assistance agreements en-
tered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
funded for a one year period: Provided further, That upon re-
quest by an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the 
Secretary may renew the rental assistance agreement for a 
period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has expired, 
subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, That any 
unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year 
agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any 
debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any 
existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities 
authorized under title V of the Act: Provided further, That 
rental assistance provided under agreements entered into 
prior to fiscal year 2024 for a farm labor multi-family hous-
ing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may
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not be recaptured for use in another project until such assist-
ance has remained unused for a period of twelve consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking 
such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 
tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-fam-
ily housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 
Act: Provided further, That except as provided in the eighth 
proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other 
provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fis-
cal year 2024 for a project that the Secretary determines no 
longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured funds 
for current needs. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith-
standing subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for rural hous-
ing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property fi-
nanced with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid or 
otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005: Provided fur-
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ther, That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference 
between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and 
the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That 
funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ad-
minister such vouchers with current regulations and adminis-
trative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development: Provided further, That in addition 
to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not 
more than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 
available under this heading, for administrative expenses for 
activities funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For 
grants 
and 
contracts 
pursuant 
to 
section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural 
housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $35,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and 
$650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural com-
munity facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $18,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing 
and community development organizations, low-income rural 
communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
facilities, community and economic development projects in 
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
available to qualified private, nonprofit and public inter-
mediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of fi-
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nancial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 
other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, 
in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan guaran-
tees and grants, including amounts deobligated or cancelled, 
may be made available to cover the subsidy costs for direct 
loans and or loan guarantees under this heading in this fiscal 
year: Provided further, That no amounts may be made avail-
able pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, or that were specified in the tables titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statements for division A of Public Law 117–103 
and division A of Public Law 117–328 as described in section 
4 in the matter preceding each such division A: Provided fur-
ther, That $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for community facilities grants to 
tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to the funds made available under this heading:
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Provided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 
total, from the program funds made available under this 
heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded 
under this heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
business development programs authorized by section 310B 
and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 
310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$66,615,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a 
qualified national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic devel-
opment and $8,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re-
gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern 
Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the 
Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et 
seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Pro-
gram purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more 
than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Pro-
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vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $100,000 shall be made available for 
one or more qualified state technology council to promote pri-
vate-sector economic development in the bio-sciences: Pro-
vided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development: Provided further, That sec-
tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 
available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 
U.S.C. 1936b), $10,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $3,035,000, as authorized 
by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 
U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2024, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2024, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as de-
termined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided,
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That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the appro-
priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 
the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $50,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of 
the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting 
rural economic development and job creation projects shall 
not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,600,000, of which 
$2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appro-
priate technology transfer for rural areas program: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooper-
ative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups 
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and 
a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards of
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which are comprised of individuals who are members of so-
cially disadvantaged groups; and of which $13,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for value-added agri-
cultural product market development grants, as authorized by 
section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of 
which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 
section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000. 
For the cost of loans and grants, $5,000,000 under the 
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under the 
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 
section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of Ag-
riculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as
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added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for 
necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that 
provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create 
and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income com-
munities, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, as follows: $860,000,000 for direct 
loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural 
water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste manage-
ment programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $595,972,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $117,484,737 shall be for the
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purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided, That not to exceed 
$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the rural utilities program described in 
section 306E of such Act: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in ad-
dition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 
including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized 
by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of 
such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of 
the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That funding provided 
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursu-
ant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further,
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That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 
and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 per-
cent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a 
consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 
105–83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assist-
ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes 
a determination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall 
be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi- 
State regional technical assistance organization, with experi-
ence in working with small communities on water and waste 
water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be 
to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 
in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, 
and management of water and waste water systems, and of 
which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national 
Native American organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $21,817,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be for contracting with quali-
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fied national organizations for a circuit rider program to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be for solid waste manage-
ment grants: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,695,000 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading shall be 
available as the Secretary deems appropriate for water and 
waste direct one percent loans for distressed communities: 
Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that any 
portion of the amount made available for one percent loans 
is not needed for such loans, the Secretary may use such 
amounts for grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided 
further, That if any funds made available for the direct loan 
subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 2024, such 
unobligated balances may be used for grant programs funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred 
to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under sec-
tion 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
918a): Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to the funds made available under this heading.
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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as 
authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 
940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaranteed rural 
electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
$2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursuant to 
sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one percent in 
4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
$4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; and for cost-of- 
money rural telecommunications loans made pursuant to sec-
tion 305(d)(2) of that Act, $550,000,000: Provided, That up 
to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi-
tion, design, engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled elec-
tric generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize 
carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $5,720,000.
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In addition, $3,578,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 
That the energy efficiency measures supported by the funding 
in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable way to 
the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
$49,574,000, to remain available until expended, of which up 
to $9,573,570 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
$3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized by 
section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act: Provided further, That funding provided under this 
heading for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to
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entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consor-
tium as established by this section. 
For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 
pilot program established by section 779 of division A of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 
141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amend-
ed (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $100,385,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $10,385,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That the Secretary may award grants 
described in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes 
of carrying out such pilot program: Provided further, That 
the cost of direct loans shall be defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at 
least 90 percent of the households to be served by a project 
receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 
a rural area without sufficient access to broadband: Provided 
further, That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area 
without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 
twenty-five megabits per second downstream and three mega-
bits per second upstream: Provided further, That to the ex-
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tent possible, projects receiving funds provided under the 
pilot program must build out service to at least one hundred 
megabits per second downstream, and twenty megabits per 
second upstream: Provided further, That an entity to which 
a loan or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use 
the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service 
in a service area by any entity that has received a broadband 
loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is 
not provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 
service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 
percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can be 
used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot program 
and up to three percent of funds made available in this para-
graph may be available for technical assistance and pre-devel-
opment planning activities to support the most rural commu-
nities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities Service is di-
rected to expedite program delivery methods that would im-
plement this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, 
reporting and service area assessment requirements set forth 
in section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
950cc). 
In addition, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program author-
ized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3.
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, 
AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary 
for 
Food, 
Nutrition, 
and 
Consumer 
Services, 
$1,127,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), ex-
cept section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 
$33,266,226,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2025, of which such sums as are made available under sec-
tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, shall 
be merged with and available for the same time period and 
purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 
amount available, $18,004,000 shall be available to carry out 
section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
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1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies 
and evaluations and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 
section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the 
total grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipi-
ent in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $10,000,000 shall 
be available to provide competitive grants to State agencies 
for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to 
purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, 
needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to 
help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of 
the school breakfast program: Provided further, That of the 
total amount available, $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to carry out activities authorized under sub-
sections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(2) 
and (e)(2)): Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010
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through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2025’’: Provided 
further, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended 
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’: Provided further, That sec-
tion 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 
year 2024’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, 
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the 
Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1786), 
$7,030,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not 
less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall 
be used for infrastructure: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall use funds made available under this heading to 
increase the amount of a cash-value voucher for women and 
children participants to an amount recommended by the Na-
tional Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and 
adjusted for inflation: Provided further, That none of the
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funds provided in this account shall be available for the pur-
chase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
containment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 
fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments 
or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That upon termination of a federally mandated 
vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions es-
tablished by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the re-
quirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State 
agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, 
of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations: Provided, That funds provided 
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may 
be used to provide nutrition education services to State agen-
cies and Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the 
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided
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further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 
115–334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal organi-
zations: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used to carry out 
section 4208 of Public Law 115–334: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration 
or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for Employment and 
Training under this heading shall remain available through 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 
4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 shall remain available through September 30, 2025: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be obligated or expended in con-
travention of section 213A of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used to enter into 
contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or 
to conduct activities related to program integrity provided 
that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008.