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Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of 
Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that funds 
are available for opportunity scholarships and following the 
priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the Secretary 
of Education shall make scholarships available to students el-
igible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public Law 112– 
10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who were not offered 
a scholarship during any previous school year: Provided fur-
ther, That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships, 
up to $1,750,000 shall be for the activities specified in sec-
tions 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the Act and up to 
$500,000 shall be for the activities specified in section 3009 
of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard, $600,000, to remain available until expended 
for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Co-
lumbia National Guard Retention and College Access Pro-
gram. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals
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with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immuno-
deficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, $4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to continue implementation of the Combined 
Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District 
of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 per-
cent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Colum-
bia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the 
District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs and ac-
tivities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act 
of 2023 (D.C. Law 25–47) and at the rates set forth in such 
Act, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex-
cept as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sec-
tions 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 
47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating ex-
penses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2024
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under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in 
the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023, as amended 
as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the 
total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 
increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are ex-
pended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital 
needs: Provided further, That such increases shall be ap-
proved by enactment of local District law and shall comply 
with all reserve requirements contained in the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such 
steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the 
Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
available to the District during fiscal year 2024, except that 
the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating 
expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obli-
gations issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Ap-
propriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference 
of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., 
$3,430,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the max-
imum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to 
Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $150,975,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to 
carry out the program, including administrative costs, author-
ized by section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and 
Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110–140, as amended), and of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to 
carry out the program, including administrative costs, author-
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ized by section 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memo-
rial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title 
II of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2024, none of the amounts 
made available by this Act may be used to finalize or imple-
ment the Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Ve-
hicles published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 
68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consulta-
tion with the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration and the Department of Defense, completes a 
study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability 
and vehicle handling requirements proposed by such 
standard for purposes of reducing the risk of Rec-
reational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this 
section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in the off-road environ-
ment, including the repeatability and reproducibility 
of testing for compliance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be 
prevented if the proposed requirements were adopt-
ed;
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(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of-sale 
hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance on a pro-
gressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed require-
ments were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used to 
promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any regulation 
issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to 
ban gas stoves as a class of products. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $27,720,000, of
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which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology for election reform ac-
tivities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$55,000,000, to be paid from the unobligated balances from 
amounts in the fund established by section 9006(a) of title 
26, United States Code, is provided to the Election Assist-
ance Commission for necessary expenses to make payments 
to States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-
nology and make election security improvements, as author-
ized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, 
That for purposes of applying such sections, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to 
be a State and, for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) 
shall be treated in the same manner as the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United 
States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That each reference 
to the ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, 
That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to
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‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That not later than two years 
after receiving a payment under this heading, a State shall 
make available funds for such activities in an amount equal 
to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made to 
the State under this heading: Provided further, That not later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Election Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 
States under this heading: Provided further, That States shall 
submit quarterly financial reports and annual progress re-
ports. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not 
to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel 
fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$390,192,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $390,192,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 
and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be
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reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 ap-
propriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a 
competitive bidding system that may be retained and made 
available for obligation shall not exceed $136,167,000 for fis-
cal year 2024: Provided further, That, of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $12,131,000 shall 
be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to 
modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 
on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary 
line restrictions on universal service support payments.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 
$47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund 
or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $80,857,000, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
and including hire of experts and consultants, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and including official reception and 
representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$29,500,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal 
Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
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5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
funds received from fees charged to non-Federal participants 
at labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 
to and merged with this account, to be available without fur-
ther appropriation for the costs of carrying out these con-
ferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$425,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to con-
tract with a person or persons for collection services in ac-
cordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to ex-
ceed $278,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart- 
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Pro-
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vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collections de-
rived from fees to implement and enforce the Telemarketing 
Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Con-
sumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), shall be credited to this account, and be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $133,700,000: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission 
may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections 
deposited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary ex-
penses of real property management and related activities not 
otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and 
protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of
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buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving governmental agencies (including space ad-
justments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in 
connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of 
space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing 
buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preser-
vation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings 
and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 
sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment 
for such buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and 
any other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $9,470,022,000, of which— 
(1) $259,692,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including funds 
for sites and expenses, and associated design and con-
struction services), in addition to amounts otherwise pro-
vided for such purposes, as follows: 
Maryland:
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Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse, 
$1,500,000; 
National Capital Region: 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Con-
solidation, $200,000,000; 
Puerto Rico: 
Clemente Ruiz-Nazario, U.S. Courthouse and 
Federico Degetau Federal Building, $28,290,000; 
Tennessee: 
Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $20,902,000; and 
Washington: 
Seattle, 
Design 
of 
Replacement 
Facility, 
$9,000,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
construction and acquisition may be exceeded to the ex-
tent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
not to exceed 20 percent of the amounts included in a 
transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 
a greater amount; 
(2) $599,848,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associated 
design and construction services, in addition to amounts 
otherwise provided for such purposes, of which—
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(A) $211,515,000 is for Major Repairs and Al-
terations as follows: 
Kentucky: 
Paducah, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
$40,479,000; 
Oklahoma: 
Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S. 
Courthouse and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 
$65,926,000; 
Virginia: 
Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse, $2,756,000; 
Washington: 
Tacoma, Tacoma Union Station, $79,256,000; and 
West Virginia: 
Martinsburg, IRS Enterprise Computing Center, 
$23,098,000: 
(B) $376,333,000 is for Basic Repairs and Al-
terations; and 
(C) $12,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Pro-
grams as follows: 
Fire 
Protection 
and 
Life 
Safety 
Program, 
$5,000,000; 
Consolidation Activities Program, $4,000,000; 
Judiciary Capital Security Program, $3,000,000;
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Provided, That funds made available in this or any pre-
vious Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and 
Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to 
the amount identified for each project, except each 
project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 
an amount not to exceed 20 percent unless advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 
a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 
projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 
may be funded under this category only if advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or 
any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used 
to fund costs associated with implementing security im-
provements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
standards for security in accordance with current law 
and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of 
the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: 
Provided further, That the difference between the funds 
appropriated and expended on any projects in this or 
any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’, may be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
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spectus projects: Provided further, That the amount pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-
terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the Gov-
ernment arising from any projects under the heading 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized in-
creases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,659,298,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,951,184,000 for building operations to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the total 
amount of funds made available from this Fund to the 
General Services Administration shall not be available 
for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and 
acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by 
40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except that 
necessary funds may be expended for each project for re-
quired expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus: Provided further, That funds available in the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency 
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special serv-
ices to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and 
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting,
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guard booths, and other facilities on private or other 
property not in Government ownership or control as may 
be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Serv-
ice to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and 
collections: Provided further, That revenues and collec-
tions and any other sums accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2024, excluding reimbursements under 40 
U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 
obligational authority authorized for Real Property Ac-
tivities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall 
remain in the Fund and shall not be available for ex-
penditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy associated with the manage-
ment of real and personal property assets and certain admin-
istrative services; Government-wide policy support responsibil-
ities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, informa-
tion technology management, and related technology activi-
ties; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and eval-
uation activities as authorized by statute; $70,474,000, of 
which $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025.
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utilization 
and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real 
property; agency-wide policy direction, and management; and 
in addition to any other amounts made available to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for such purposes, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 13211(3) 
and supporting infrastructure; $53,933,000, of which not to 
exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $10,248,000, of which $2,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $73,837,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available 
for information technology enhancements related to providing 
a modern technology case management solution: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for pay-
ment for information and detection of fraud against the Gov-
ernment, including payment for recovery of stolen Govern-
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ment property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal 
agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and ini-
tiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General ef-
fectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$5,200,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses authorized 
by law in support of interagency projects that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activi-
ties electronically through the development and implementa-
tion 
of 
innovative 
uses 
of 
information 
technology; 
$75,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Serv-
ices Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may be trans-
ferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the 
Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the ap-
propriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de-
posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 
necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 
U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary expenses in support of inter-
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agency projects that enable the Federal Government to en-
hance its ability to conduct activities electronically through 
the development and implementation of innovative uses of in-
formation technology in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
$250,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, reve-
nues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2024 in excess of such amount shall remain 
in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except 
as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, 
of the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be 
available for support functions and full-time hires to support 
activities related to the Administration’s requirements under 
title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, That 
the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
For activities authorized by the Presidential Transition 
Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition Services 
Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obligations 
incurred for the purposes provided herein in fiscal years 2023 
and 2024: Provided further, That amounts made available
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under this heading shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purposes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services 
Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary costs incurred by the Administrator to 
modernize rulemaking systems and to provide support serv-
ices for Federal rulemaking agencies. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings Fund ac-
tivities may be transferred between such activities only to the 
extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, 
That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
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standards for construction as established and approved by the 
General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of 
the United States, and the Office of Management and Budg-
et; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the 
United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project 
Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom 
utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, 
or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, pro-
vide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other 
service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, 
to any agency that does not pay the rate per square foot as-
sessment for space and services as determined by the General 
Services Administration in consideration of the Public Build-
ings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Rev-
enue’’, claims against the Government of less than $250,000 
arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of 
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other 
construction projects with prior notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate.
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SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate adopt a resolution granting lease authority pursuant 
to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the Administrator 
of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C. 
3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area 
of procurement is identical to the delineated area included in 
the prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the 
Administrator determines that the delineated area of the pro-
curement should not be identical to the delineated area in-
cluded in the prospectus, the Administrator shall provide an 
explanatory statement to each of such committees and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority 
provided in the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator 
of General Services shall submit a spending plan and expla-
nation for each project to be undertaken to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foun-
dation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 
93–642, $2,970,000, to remain available until expended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 
U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, di-
rect procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$49,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,782,000, to remain available for direct expenditure until 
expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such 
Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the ac-
tivities authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 
and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous amounts 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Interior will remain available until expended for 
audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 
L. Udall Foundation, consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, and for annual independent financial au-
dits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris 
K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual inde-
pendent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 
Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided
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further, That contingent upon the enactment of legislation 
making interest earned from investments of the Trust Fund 
subject to appropriations, any interest earned during fiscal 
year 2024 from investments made from discretionary appro-
priations to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust 
Fund after the date provided for in such legislation shall be 
available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental 
Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,904,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the adminis-
tration of the National Archives and Records Administration 
and archived Federal records and related activities, as pro-
vided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and 
declassification of documents, the activities of the Public In-
terest Declassification Board, the operations and mainte-
nance of the electronic records archives, the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning, $427,250,000, of which $30,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for expenses necessary
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to enhance the Federal Government’s ability to electronically 
preserve, manage, and store Government records, and of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
make publicly available records related to missing Armed 
Forces and civilian personnel. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, and 
for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,920,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment for public 
spaces, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
$25,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which no 
less than $17,500,000 is for improvements to the Eisenhower 
Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National His-
torical Publications and Records Commission Grants Pro-
gram’’, $38,414,000, which shall be for initiatives in the 
amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That none of 
the funds made available by this section may be transferred 
for any other purpose. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund 
program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and 9910, 
$3,465,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for 
technical assistance to low-income designated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Of-
fice of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of title 
5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trading 
on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services
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as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $23,037,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by 
private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and payment of per diem and/or 
subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act 
activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $219,076,000: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $15,816,000 may 
remain available until expended, for information technology 
modernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi-
gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading,
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$1,167,805 may be made available for strengthening the ca-
pacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as de-
fined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as 
amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruit-
ment, hiring, training, and retention of such workforce and 
information technology in support of acquisition workforce ef-
fectiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisi-
tion management; and in addition $192,975,000 for adminis-
trative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, including di-
rect procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 
insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use appli-
cable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of 
the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 
unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Execu-
tive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal 
year 2024, accept donations of money, property, and personal 
services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development of
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publicity materials to provide information about the White 
House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accept-
ed for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the 
salaries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 
under this heading may be transferred to an information 
technology working capital fund established for purposes au-
thorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided further, That the 
OPM Director shall notify, and receive approval from, the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of any trans-
fer under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred to such a fund under such transfer au-
thority from any organizational category of OPM shall not 
exceed 5 percent of each such organizational category’s budg-
et as identified in the report required by section 608 of this 
Act: Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a 
fund shall remain available for obligation through September 
30, 2027.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,839,000, 
and in addition, not to exceed $29,192,000 for administrative 
expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Of-
fice of Special Counsel, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $31,585,000.
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,960,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$2,149,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
not less than $20,050,000 shall be for the Office of Inspector 
General; of which not to exceed $275,000 shall be available 
for a permanent secretariat for the International Organiza-
tion of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed
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$100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and 
meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign govern-
mental and other regulatory officials, members of their dele-
gations and staffs to exchange views concerning securities 
matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic and ad-
ministrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff 
and foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental 
expenses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 
(3) related lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 
replication, and related costs associated with a replacement 
leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to exceed 
$39,658,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That any unobligated balances from funds made available 
under this heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for 
the Commission’s headquarters and other regional office fa-
cilities may be used for such purposes at any Commission of-
fice facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts limiting 
use to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding pro-
visos in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts de-
rived from the general fund be returned to the general fund 
or that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or assess-
ments be paid to national securities exchanges and national 
securities associations in proportion to any fees or assess-
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ments paid by such national securities exchange or national 
securities association. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated under 
this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appropriation 
to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That fees 
and charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $2,149,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
count; not to exceed $39,658,000 of such offsetting collec-
tions shall be available until expended for move, replication, 
and related costs under this heading associated with a re-
placement leases for the Commission’s office facilities: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be 
reduced as such offsetting fees are received so as to result 
in a final total fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training
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for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service Sys-
tem, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian em-
ployees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official 
reception and representation expenses; $31,300,000: Pro-
vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may 
exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
1341, whenever the President deems such action to be nec-
essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex-
pended for or in connection with the induction of any person 
into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$361,235,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is author-
ized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed 
by the Small Business Administration, and certain loan pro-
gram activities, including fees authorized by section 5(b) of
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the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such ac-
tivities shall be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended, for carrying out these purposes without fur-
ther appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Busi-
ness Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in ac-
cordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 
108–447, during fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That 
$6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization and 
Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided further, That $20,500,000 shall be available for 
costs associated with the certification of small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled 
veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 
of Public Law 116–283, to be available until September 30, 
2025. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $316,800,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
$140,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for perform-
ance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025 as authorized by 
section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That
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$41,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, and tech-
nical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make 
microloans under the microloan program: Provided further, 
That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business concerns 
authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, $37,020,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in car-
rying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–305 (15 
U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 
1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: 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 fur-
ther, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget
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Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2024 commitments to guar-
antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 and commitments for loans authorized 
under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not ex-
ceed, in the aggregate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2024 commitments for general busi-
ness loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
$35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans 
and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by re-
volving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024 
commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 
303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall 
not exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2024, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by 
section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 
principal amount of $15,000,000,000. In addition, for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan 
programs, $162,000,000, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business
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Act, $175,000,000, to be available until expended, of which 
$1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small 
Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster 
loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for the Office of In-
spector General; of which $165,000,000 is for direct adminis-
trative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the 
direct loan program, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses for 
the direct loan program, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses: 
Provided, That, of the funds provided under this heading, 
$143,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Provided further, That the 
amount for major disasters under this heading is designated 
by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amend-
ed.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small Busi-
ness Administration in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 608 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act for the Small Business Adminis-
tration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to 
the Administration’s information technology system mod-
ernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as authorized 
by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, for the pur-
poses specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That
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amounts transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall 
remain available for obligation through September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, $116,541,000, 
which shall be for initiatives related to small business devel-
opment and entrepreneurship, including programmatic, con-
struction, and acquisition activities, in the amounts and for 
the projects specified in the table that appears under the 
heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Small Business Admin-
istration’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That, notwithstanding sections 2701.92 and 
2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration may permit 
awards to subrecipients for initiatives funded under this sec-
tion: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue for-
gone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
$49,750,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and 
mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service
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by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, 
or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or 
local child support enforcement agency, or any individual par-
ticipating in a State or local program of child support en-
forcement, a fee for information requested or provided con-
cerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices: 
Provided further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, 
and shall continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multi-
national Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as 
authorized under the Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, $268,290,000, to be derived by transfer 
from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by 
section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 109–435).
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to ex-
ceed $3,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $56,727,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 
judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the ex-
penses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties in-
tervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in 
this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, ex-
cept for transfers made pursuant to the authority in section 
3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless expressly so 
provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement con-
tract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where other-
wise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursuant to
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a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of 
any Government employee where funding an activity or pay-
ing a salary to a Government employee would result in a deci-
sion, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would pro-
hibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any person 
or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appro-
priations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury de-
rived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates
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a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the 
Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different pur-
pose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities 
in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) 
reduces 
existing 
programs, 
projects, 
or 
activities 
by 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or 
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 
prior to any significant reorganization, restructuring, reloca-
tion, or closing of offices, programs, or activities, each agency 
or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 
for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee
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equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns to 
display the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted 
level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
its respective prior year enacted level by object class and pro-
gram, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, in the ac-
companying report, or in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation, whichever is more detailed, and which 
shall apply to all items for which a dollar amount is specified 
and to all programs for which new budget authority is pro-
vided, as well as to discretionary grants and discretionary 
grant allocations; and (3) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest: Provided further, That the amount ap-
propriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency 
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to the 
Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remain-
ing available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from appropria-
tions made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 
2024 in this Act, shall remain available through September 
30, 2025, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President to 
request— 
(1) any official background investigation report on 
any individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of 
an organization as described in section 501(c) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code from the Department 
of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background investiga-
tion report, if such individual has given express written 
consent for such request not more than 6 months prior 
to the date of such request and during the same presi-
dential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary 
circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not
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apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and im-
plementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonfor-
eign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management may accept and utilize (without regard to 
any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in 
an appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office of 
Personnel Management pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
employees health benefits program which provides any bene-
fits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth 
in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popularly 
known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to the ac-
quisition by the Federal Government of information tech-
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nology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in section 103 
of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on be-
half of that agency, nor may such agency or commission ac-
cept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity 
for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of 
enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in 
any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties 
of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment 
or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation 
by such agency or commission, or represents a person or enti-
ty subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise au-
thorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the con-
struction or alteration of real property for office, meeting, 
storage, or other space must consult with the General Serv-
ices Administration before issuing a solicitation for offers of 
new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of suc-
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ceeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the cur-
rent lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by the 
President to require emergency leasing authority with respect 
to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency pro-
vided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
Services Administration or the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 
U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 
U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims 
Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
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(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits 
for employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 
U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
by statutory provisions other than subchapter III of 
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise 
applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in this 
Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete 
the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food 
Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Prin-
ciples to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the 
Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children 
complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in deci-
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sions regarding the budget planning process related to infor-
mation technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for information 
technology shall be allocated within the agency, consistent 
with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budget guide-
lines and recommendations from the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, in such manner as specified by, or 
approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the agency in 
consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency 
and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 
44, United States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by a governmental entity to require the disclo-
sure by a provider of electronic communication service to the 
public or remote computing service of the contents of a wire 
or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with 
the provider (as such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 
2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner that vio-
lates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
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access to any records, documents, or other materials available 
to the department or agency over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, United 
State Code, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the In-
spector General’s right of access. A department or agency 
covered by this section shall provide its Inspector General 
with access to all such records, documents, and other mate-
rials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall ensure 
compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant 
to the information provided by the establishment over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of 
title 5, United State Code. Each Inspector General covered 
by this section shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 
5 calendar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to 
modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that is 
inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July
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15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit the 
Commission from considering, developing, or adopting other 
support mechanisms as an alternative to Mobility Fund 
Phase II: Provided further, That any such alternative mecha-
nism shall maintain existing high-cost support to competitive 
eligible telecommunications carriers until support under such 
mechanism commences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 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, adjudication activities, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or in-
centive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due 
to 
unforeseeable 
events, 
government-driven 
scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the 
project and/or program and unless such awards or incentive
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contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.125 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for expenses related to enhance-
ments to www.oversight.gov and to further develop the data 
analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account-
ability Committee to enhance transparency, and to prevent, 
detect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 
spending, $2,850,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $850,000 is for enhancements to oversight.gov, shall be 
provided for an additional amount for such purposes to the 
Inspectors General Council Fund established pursuant to sec-
tion 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code: 
Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any 
amounts or any authority available to the Council of the In-
spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under section 
424 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for public 
relations, as that term is defined in Office and Management 
and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), unless 
advance notice of such an obligation is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate.
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SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this requirement 
shall be derived from amounts made available to the agency 
for advertising or other communications regarding the pro-
grams and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds in-
cluded in this Act, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program 
or project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs 
of the project or program that will be financed by non- 
governmental sources. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 
finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order re-
garding the disclosure of political contributions, contributions
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to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to trade associa-
tions. 
SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day of 
each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that in-
cludes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for 
each appropriation, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 635. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, es-
tablished by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, 
$387,500,000 shall be permanently rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 636. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under section 4010 of the American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $10,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under section 4011 of the American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $100,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
SEC. 638. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under section 3301(a)(2)(A) of the American Res-
cue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $283,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2024.
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SEC. 639. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under section 7402(c)(2)(A) of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $1,768,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 640. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Act to provide 
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res.14 (Pub-
lic Law 117–169, commonly referred to as the ‘‘Inflation Re-
duction Act’’), $10,200,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States receiving appropriated funds under this or 
any other Act for fiscal year 2024 shall obligate or expend 
any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instru-
mentality has in place, and will continue to administer in 
good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its 
workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or dis-
tribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and 
employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclu-
sive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, undercover surveillance vehicles, and po-
lice-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at $40,000 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $41,140: Provided, 
That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 
for police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 per-
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cent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstra-
tion under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may 
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the 
cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided 
further, That the limits set forth in this section shall not 
apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which op-
erates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to elec-
tric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the ac-
tivity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters al-
lowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the Government of the United 
States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 
which is owned by the Government of the United States) 
whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless 
such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a
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person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and 
is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); 
(3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 
1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed 
a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resi-
dent and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who 
owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes of 
paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be submitted 
prior to employment and updated thereafter as necessary: 
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit 
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined 
no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 
or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall 
be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of 
this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
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casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of 
translators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: Provided 
further, That this section does not apply to the employment 
as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of non-
resident aliens employed by the Department of the Interior 
or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement with 
another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department or 
agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
available for payment to the General Services Administration 
for charges for space and services and those expenses of ren-
ovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which con-
stitute public improvements performed in accordance with the 
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public 
Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other ap-
plicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including Fed-
eral records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recov-
ered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such 
funds shall be available until expended for the following pur-
poses:
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(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive Order 
No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any such pro-
grams adopted prior to the effective date of the Execu-
tive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the devel-
opment and implementation of hazardous waste manage-
ment and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law 
or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal 
agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act 
for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the 
District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the provi-
sions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such 
funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Provided, That in the event any functions 
budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently trans-
ferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on admin-
istrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
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SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing 
of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and spe-
cific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to 
the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been 
disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in ac-
cordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the President 
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated 
or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 
office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em-
ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. For 
the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include 
the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well
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as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use 
of which is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency prepared-
ness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Ex-
ecutive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any individual 
appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining 
character that is excepted from the competitive service under 
section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to 
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations) unless the head of the applicable de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality employing such 
schedule C individual certifies to the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management that the schedule C position occu-
pied by the individual was not created solely or primarily in 
order to detail the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Fed-
eral employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or
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from an element of the intelligence community (as that term 
is defined under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the sal-
ary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens 
to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of 
the Federal Government from having any direct oral or 
written communication or contact with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connec-
tion with any matter pertaining to the employment of 
such other officer or employee or pertaining to the de-
partment or agency of such other officer or employee in 
any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or em-
ployee or in response to the request or inquiry of such 
Member, committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, de-
motes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or per-
formance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relo-
cates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates 
in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or ben-
efit, or any term or condition of employment of, any
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other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or 
attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing ac-
tions with respect to such other officer or employee, by 
reason of any communication or contact of such other 
officer or employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
emotional response or psychological stress in some par-
ticipants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of 
the content and methods to be used in the training and 
written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with 
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ 
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission Notice N–915.022, dated September 
2, 1988; or
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bear-
ing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legis-
lative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation de-
signed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal em-
ployee’s home address to any labor organization except when 
the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public infor-
mation such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mailing lists 
to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Gov-
ernment without the approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including 
by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not heretofore authorized by Con-
gress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 
U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title and the United States 
Postal Service. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regula-
tions to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an 
agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform 
official duties. An employee not under a leave system, includ-
ing a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 
6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a 
reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the perform-
ance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Ad-
visory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an ap-
propriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
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SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ‘‘Gen-
eral Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ with 
the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and 
other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall be adminis-
tered by the Administrator of General Services to support 
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, informa-
tion technology, procurement, and other management innova-
tions, initiatives, and activities, including improving coordina-
tion and reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Manage-
ment Council for overall management improvement initia-
tives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial man-
agement initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council 
for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Cap-
ital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, the Chief 
Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives, and 
the Performance Improvement Council for performance im-
provement initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds 
transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to
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improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activi-
ties related to Federal Government Priority Goals established 
by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Gov-
ernment-wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided 
further, That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement 
of ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-Wide Pol-
icy’’ during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 
with the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Rep-
resentatives a detailed spend plan for the funds to be trans-
ferred or reimbursed: Provided further, That the spend plan 
shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the amounts currently in the 
funds authorized under this section and the estimate of 
amounts to be transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; 
(ii) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds esti-
mated to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this sec-
tion (including total number of personnel and costs for all 
staff whose salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) 
where applicable, a description of the funds intended for use
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by or for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where 
applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by or 
for the implementation of specific laws passed by Congress: 
Provided further, That no transfers or reimbursements may 
be made pursuant to this section until 15 days following noti-
fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child 
are otherwise authorized to be present at the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and 
similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive 
Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National Science 
and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Sen-
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ate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 
days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publica-
tions involving the distribution of Federal funds shall comply 
with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code 
of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section shall 
apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received 
by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MON-
ITORING
OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of the 
funds made available in this or any other Act may be used 
by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of 
data, derived from any means, that includes any person-
ally identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any Federal Government Internet site 
of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
(including another government agency) to collect, review, 
or obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any 
means, that includes any personally identifiable informa-
tion relating to an individual’s access to or use of any 
nongovernmental Internet site.
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(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in 
fiscal year 2024 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall average 
percentage of the locality-based comparability pay-
ments taking effect in fiscal year 2024 under sec-
tion 5304 of such title (whether by adjustment or 
otherwise), and the overall average percentage of 
such payments which was effective in the previous 
fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no pre-
vailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a 
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under para-
graph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2023, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may
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not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
2023, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 
subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2023. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision of 
law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium 
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) 
that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes 
any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary 
or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the 
application of this subsection shall be treated as the rate of 
salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would be pay-
able were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take