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under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, 
and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$5,776,178,000, 
of 
which 
$3,947,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and 
remain available through September 30, 2025, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2024, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for 
academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That $380,000,000 
shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That 
$1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which 
may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza-
tion of any public elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to a public elementary school or secondary 
school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian stu-
dent body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section
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6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 
Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and 
may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limita-
tion in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for 
administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis-
trative costs: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make 
such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure 
that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
provided under this section: Provided further, That 
$220,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, 
That in carrying out such part B the percentage in section 
316(b)(1)(D) of title III of division H of Public Law 116– 
260 shall be deemed 83.33 percent: Provided further, That 
$1,380,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 
1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided by Public Law 117–328 and this Act for subpart B 
of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
shall be available for expenditure by educational agencies 
and institutions for an additional fiscal year following the 
succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 421(b)(1) of 
the General Education Provisions Act.
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INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 
of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limita-
tion in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA 
on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 
only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 
grants awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA 
with funds provided under this heading may be for a period 
of up to 5 years. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 
subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 
$1,115,000,000: Provided, That $173,000,000 shall be for 
subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 
2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 shall be for parts 
C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall 
be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), 
and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
541 
able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less 
than $60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, not more than 
$140,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2025, 
to carry out section 4305(b), from which the amount nec-
essary for continuation grants may be available for obliga-
tion through March 31, 2025, and not more than 
$16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4601(b), $259,000,000 shall be available through December 
31, 2024 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available for subpart 4 of part F 
of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 shall be used for con-
tinuation grants for eligible national nonprofit organiza-
tions, as described in the Applications for New Awards; As-
sistance for Arts Education Program published in the Fed-
eral Register on May 31, 2022, for activities described 
under section 4642(a)(1)(C). 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 
and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $457,000,000, to 
remain available through December 31, 2024: Provided, 
That $216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 
which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Vio-
lence (Project SERV) program: Provided further, That
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$150,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: Provided 
further, That $91,000,000 shall be for section 4624. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$890,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2024, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2025, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,467,264,000, of which 
$5,890,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2025, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2024, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That the 
amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 
to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 
fiscal year 2023, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per-
cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity
543 
during fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, 
distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil-
ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per-
cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 
made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur-
ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 
under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 
accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 
amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 
of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro-
visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 
be considered in calculating the awards under section
544 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec-
ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 
fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until the entire reduction is 
applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in any 
fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 611 
is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce 
the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by 
an amount that bears the same relation to the maximum 
amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 
would have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) 
in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of funds under 
section 611 for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for 
which the State fails to comply with the requirement of sec-
tion 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), 
or seek to recover funds under section 452 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided fur-
ther, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve
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the capacity of the States to meet the data collection re-
quirements of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and 
carry out other services and activities to improve data col-
lection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and 
C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
use funds made available for the State Personnel Develop-
ment Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA 
to evaluate program performance under such subpart: Pro-
vided further, That States may use funds reserved for other 
State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and 
private non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-
thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer 
States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such 
Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in 
an amount equal to the maximum amount described in sec-
tion 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if 
more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 
643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to 
those States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of infants and toddlers except that no such State shall re-
ceive a grant in excess of the amount described in section 
643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That States may
546 
use funds allotted under section 643(c) of the IDEA to make 
subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of high-
er education, other public agencies, and private non-profit 
organizations to carry out activities authorized by section 
638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
tion 638 of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives 
under section 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early 
intervention services to a child who previously received serv-
ices under part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the begin-
ning of the school year following the child’s third birthday 
with parental consent and without regard to the procedures 
in section 635(c) of the IDEA. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na-
tional Center Act, $4,397,033,000, of which $4,253,834,000 
shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act, and unob-
ligated balances from title III of the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, (division H of Public 
Law 117–328), that remain available subsequent to the re-
allotment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of
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the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at in-
creasing competitive integrated employment as defined in 
section 7 of such Act for youth and other individuals with 
disabilities, including related Federal administrative ex-
penses, for improving monitoring and oversight of grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Re-
habilitation Act, and information technology needs under 
section 15 and titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation 
Act: Provided further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts 
available subsequent to reallotment for the activities de-
scribed in the first proviso from funds provided under this 
paragraph in this Act, may be used for evaluation and tech-
nical assistance related to such activities: Provided further, 
That any funds made available subsequent to reallotment 
for the activities described in the first proviso may be pro-
vided to States and other public, private and nonprofit en-
tities, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher 
education for carrying out such activities: Provided further, 
That States and other public and nonprofit entities, includ-
ing Indian tribes and institutions of higher education may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other eligible 
entities: Provided further, That any funds provided in this 
Act and made available subsequent to reallotment for the 
purposes described in the first proviso shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That the
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Secretary may transfer funds provided in this Act and 
made available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ for the evaluation of 
outcomes for students receiving services and supports under 
IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and title 
VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition 
to any other transfer authority in this Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 
of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $92,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $167,361,000, of
549 
which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 
201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University may at its discretion use funds 
for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Fam-
ily Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,181,436,000, of which 
$1,390,436,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2025, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2024, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2025: Provided, That up to $6,100,000 shall be available 
for innovation and modernization grants under such section 
114(e) of the Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be 
for national leadership activities under section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2025.
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The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2024–2025 shall be $6,335. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$2,058,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu-
dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 
to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 
new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order 
to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor-
rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con-
tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, including the solicitation for the Federal Stu-
dent Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Servicing 
Environment, unless such an environment provides for the 
participation of multiple student loan servicers that con-
tract directly with the Department of Education to manage 
a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life- 
cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with certain 
limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower ac-
551 
counts to eligible student loan servicers based on perform-
ance: Provided further, That the Department shall re-allo-
cate accounts from servicers for recurring non-compliance 
with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and appli-
cable laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform bor-
rowers of available repayment options: Provided further, 
That such servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability 
to meet contract requirements (including an understanding 
of Federal and State law), future performance on the con-
tracts, and history of compliance with applicable consumer 
protections laws: Provided further, That to the extent FSA 
permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall 
hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the require-
ments of the contract, and the performance and expectations 
of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime con-
tract and in the overall performance of the prime con-
tractor: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that the 
Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, or 
any new Federal loan servicing environment, incentivize 
more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency or default: 
Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that in such envi-
ronment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held 
accountable for performance on service levels; are held ac-
countable for and have a history of compliance with appli-
cable consumer protection laws; and have relevant experi-
552 
ence and demonstrated effectiveness: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate on general progress related to implemen-
tation of Federal student loan servicing contracts: Provided 
further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through 
expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan and 
servicer performance: Provided further, That $25,000,000 
shall be for ensuring the continuation of student loan serv-
icing activities, including supporting borrowers reentering 
repayment: Provided further, That the limitation in section 
302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro-
priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 
this heading by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’ 
for the purposes of the continuation of basic operations, in-
cluding student loan servicing, business process operations, 
digital customer care, common origination and disburse-
ment, cybersecurity activities, and information technology 
systems: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds 
made available in this account for fiscal year 2024 and pro-
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vide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts 
awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganiza-
tion costs, and any other activity carried out using 
amounts provided under this heading for fiscal year 2024) 
no later than 10 days prior to the start of such quarter: 
Provided further, That FSA shall notify the Committees 
within 10 days of any modification of such spend plan that 
exceeds five percent of the amount appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’: Provided further, 
That the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing 
Environment, or any new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, shall include accountability measures that ac-
count for the performance of the portfolio and contractor 
compliance with FSA guidelines. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and 
section 117 of the Perkins Act, $3,283,296,000, of which 
$171,000,000 shall remain available through December 31, 
2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 
VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 
to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
554 
uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 
training and international studies in areas that are vital 
to United States national security and who plan to apply 
their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 
the fields of government, the professions, or international 
development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used 
for evaluation: Provided further, That section 313(d) of the 
HEA shall not apply to an institution of higher education 
that is eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the 
HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available for 
carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded not-
withstanding the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the 
HEA: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $202,344,000 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available for projects described in
555 
the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 302 of this 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this Act to carry out part B of title III of the HEA, 
$3,000,000 shall be for grants to supplement amounts 
awarded to part B institutions that are junior or commu-
nity colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the HEA: Pro-
vided further, That the supplemental funds described in the 
preceding proviso are in addition to any grant award that 
any institution may receive under section 323 of the HEA 
and shall be allocated in accordance with the allotments 
specified under section 324 of such Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$304,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $298,000.
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $377,340,824: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $528,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 
Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 
authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational 
Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $793,106,000, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That funds available to carry out section 208 of 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to 
link Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with 
early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data systems, 
or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 
up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be 
used for awards to public or private organizations or agen-
cies to support activities to improve data coordination, 
quality, and use at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $419,907,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by pre-
vious Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year may be used for any activity relating to implementing 
a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing 
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or
558 
functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 
Education, relative to the organization and operation of the 
Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided by this Act may 
be used on or after August 15, 2024, to support a number 
of non-career employees that is above the number of non- 
career employees as of December 31, 2022. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $140,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 
$3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2025. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
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Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the 
ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2024, through Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2024 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized.
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SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 
‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 
‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 
for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 
of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-
kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 
SEC. 308. Of the amounts made available in this title 
under 
the 
heading 
‘‘Student 
Aid 
Administration’’, 
$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to 
conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D 
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may 
intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers 
are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancella-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 
outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan can-
cellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the 
borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required pay-
ments under a repayment plan that is not described under
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section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to 
enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct 
Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of 
such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 
by providing improved outreach and information such as 
outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring promi-
nent access to program requirements and benefits on each 
servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers 
to complete the entire payment certification process elec-
tronically and on a centralized website. 
SEC. 309. The Secretary may reserve not more than 
0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 
for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail-
able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to carry 
out rigorous and independent evaluations and to collect and 
analyze outcome data for any program authorized by the 
HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in this Act 
for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account shall be sub-
ject to the reservation under this section: Provided further, 
That any funds reserved under this section shall be avail-
able through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 
if, under any other provision of law, funds are authorized 
to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect 
to a program or project, the Secretary may also reserve
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funds for such program or project for the purposes described 
in this section so long as the total reservation of funds for 
such program or project does not exceed any statutory lim-
its on such reservations: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds re-
served under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representa-
tives a plan that identifies the source and amount of funds 
reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees 
if funds are withheld for the purposes of this section, and 
the activities to be carried out with such funds. 
SEC. 310. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Im-
provement’’ for purposes authorized by the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are hereby appro-
priated an additional $88,084,000 which shall be used for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That none
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of the funds made available for such projects shall be subject 
to section 302 of this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 311. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for 
‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $20,000,000 shall 
be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the Sec-
retary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences (including, but not limited to information 
technology services, lease or procurement of office space, 
human resource services, financial management services, fi-
nancial systems support, budget formulation and execution, 
legal counsel, equal employment opportunity services, phys-
ical security, facilities management, acquisition and con-
tract management, grants administration and policy, and 
enterprise risk management): Provided, That the Secretary 
shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended 
for such support services by using a standard Department 
of Education methodology for allocating the cost of all such 
support services: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer any amounts available for IES support services in 
excess of actual amounts needed for IES support services, 
as so calculated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account 
from the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Pro-
vided further, That in order to address any shortfall be-
tween amounts available for IES support services and
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amounts needed for IES support services, as so calculated, 
the Secretary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Insti-
tute of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad-
ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any 
transfer made pursuant to this section. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 312. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ estab-
lished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116–260, 
$25,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 
30, 2024. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under sec-
tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $13,124,000: Pro-
vided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit
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agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, 
United States Code, to perform requirements of the Com-
mittee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code 
of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall contain such 
auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary 
to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall include the ele-
ments listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written 
Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter 
preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not 
charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with 
the Committee: Provided further, That no less than 
$3,150,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
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of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $975,525,000, notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $19,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $37,735,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $8,558,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $180,000,000,
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided 
further, That of the discretionary unobligated balances from 
amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts to 
the National Service Trust, $243,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded, except that no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental
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of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $99,686,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$7,595,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2024, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs
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match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the
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1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during 
a period of not more than one year may receive a national 
service education award having a value of 70 percent of 
the value of a national service education award determined 
under section 147(a) of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national service 
position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that receives 
grants under subtitle C’’. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2026, 
$535,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from
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which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system 
and other technologies and services that create infrastruc-
ture and efficiencies within the public media system, 
$60,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special train-
ing activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
572 
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration 
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of 
the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or 
other property in the aid of any projects or functions within 
the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $294,800,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $9,405,000.
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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$299,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in
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said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $8,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 
herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025, 
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
576 
ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$126,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, 
this limitation may be used to hire students attending 
qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have 
recently completed qualifying educational programs using 
current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office 
of Personnel Management. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $10,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$45,365,042,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2026. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
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For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, 
$21,700,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
not more than $14,075,978,000 may be expended, as author-
ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from 
any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: 
Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unob-
ligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at 
the end of fiscal year 2024 not needed for fiscal year 2024 
shall remain available until expended to invest in the So-
cial Security Administration information technology and 
telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, 
including related equipment and non-payroll administra-
tive expenses associated solely with this information tech-
nology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate prior to making unobligated 
balances available under the authority in the previous pro-
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viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 
for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, 
from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appro-
priated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made. 
From funds provided under the first paragraph under 
this heading, not more than $1,851,000,000, to remain 
available through March 31, 2025, is for the costs associated 
with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI 
of the Social Security Act, including work-related con-
tinuing disability reviews to determine whether earnings 
derived from services demonstrate an individual’s ability 
to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost associ-
ated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under 
title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-opera-
tive disability investigation units, and for the cost associ-
ated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and op-
erations of the Social Security Administration by Special 
Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such 
amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of sec-
580 
tion 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and $1,578,000,000 
is additional new budget authority specified for purposes 
of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, 
of the additional new budget authority described in the pre-
ceding proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be transferred to the 
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administra-
tion, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability 
investigation units: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner 
shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal 
year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these 
funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 
103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 
through 2002: Provided further, That none of the funds de-
scribed in this paragraph shall be available for transfer or 
reprogramming except as specified in this paragraph. 
In addition, $150,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That to the ex-
tent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2024 exceed $150,000,000, the amounts shall
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be available in fiscal year 2025 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, 
That $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
information technology modernization, including related 
hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and 
for administrative expenses directly associated with infor-
mation technology modernization. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this
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account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
583 
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 
action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
584 
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 
$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. 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 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state—
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(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram 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. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
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including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a
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health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
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mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees;
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(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2024 that are different than those specified
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in this Act, the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) or the fiscal year 2024 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 
value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive 
basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2024, but not to 
include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by 
law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor 
or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental pur-
pose, including a justification for issuing the award on a 
non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to 
the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter 
for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account
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number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
ance of such work under such number has formed the basis 
for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements
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contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 522. 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 United States taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made avail-
able to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 
out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division 
H of Public Law 113–76, except that in carrying out such 
Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Fiscal 
Year 2024’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in the title of subsection 
(b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That
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such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of 
division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division H of Pub-
lic Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of Public Law 
115–141, section 524 of division A of Public Law 116–94, 
section 524 of division H of Public Law 116–260, section 
523 of division H of Public Law 117–103,and section 523 
of division H of Public Law 117–328. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and 
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agen-
cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au-
thorities. 
SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal 
year 2024 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the 
status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for bal-
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ances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, 
and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source 
year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, 
to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which bal-
ances were derived. 
SEC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or competi-
tive grant award notifications, including supplements, 
issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 
3 full business days before any entity selected to receive a 
grant award is announced by the Department or its offices 
(other than emergency response grants at any time of the 
year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business 
days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program 
year). 
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
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ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 527. Each department and related agency funded 
through this Act shall provide answers to questions sub-
mitted for the record by members of the Committee within 
45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the So-
cial Security Act and the income derived from investment 
of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, 
$14,224,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 
fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 
2404, 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101 and 9911 of the American 
Rescue 
Plan 
Act 
of 
2021 
(Public 
Law 
117–2), 
$4,309,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli-
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gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both 
account and amount from each applicable appropriation 
in Public Law 117–2. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available in section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law 
117–169, $10,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 531. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Adminis-
tration for Children and Families in the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 
Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-
agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 
either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 
identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-
tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That when an office ref-
erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 
funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use 
a single Treasury account for such activities, with funding 
advanced on a reimbursable basis. 
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are unex-
pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or
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cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall imme-
diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis-
cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval-
uation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts are 
available. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor-
ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 
Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 
$5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000.
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For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 
in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$277,838,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $3,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $843,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$364,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$6,272,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,934,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$19,319,000.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,914,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,828,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $952,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,955,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,910,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $606,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $30,288,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$115,875,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $2,644,000.
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AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $86,003,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $8,650,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,365,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, 
$30,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th
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Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $174,000,000, of which 
$17,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $582,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $17,494,000, of which $12,994,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028, and of which $4,500,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $112,000 
shall be available for the requirements associated with Pub-
lic Law 117–326. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $194,942,000, of which 
$185,442,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for Senate hearing room audiovisual equip-
ment; $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for a residential security system program; and
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$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
a joint audible warning system. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $26,517,000 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $552,600,000, of which $20,128,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026, and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro-
viding financial compensation to Senate interns. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES
OF
THE SEN-
ATE—SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EX-
PENSE ACCOUNT’’ shall be available for obligation only dur-
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ing the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts 
are made available. Any unexpended balances under such 
allowances remaining after the end of the period of avail-
ability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance with 
the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 
‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter XI of the Third 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS 
SEC. 102. Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 6501(a)) is amended, in the 
first sentence, by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’. 
AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORITY OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO 
USE APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS FOR CHILD CARE TO 
THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 590(g) of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) APPLICATION TO SENATE.—This subsection 
shall apply with respect to the Senate in the same 
manner as it applies to an Executive agency, except 
that—
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‘‘(A) the authority granted to the Office of 
Personnel Management shall be exercised with 
respect to the Senate, by the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) amounts may be made available to 
implement this subsection with respect to the 
Senate without advance notice to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2024 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
SECURITY OF OFFICE SPACE RENTED BY SENATORS 
SEC. 104. Section 3 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 6317) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12) as subparagraphs (A) through (L), 
respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The aggregate’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the aggre-
gate’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) The aggregate square feet of an office space 
for purposes of paragraph (1) shall not include any 
portion of the office space used for security or safety 
enhancements that are— 
‘‘(A) of a kind authorized by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
which shall include an information technology 
security closet and a secure lobby or reception 
area; and 
‘‘(B) approved by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The maximum’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
maximum’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The portion of the cost of a rental de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that is attributable 
to building security and safety measures shall 
not be included in determining the annual rate 
paid for the rental for purposes of subparagraph 
(A) if— 
‘‘(i) the costs are for building security 
and safety measures—
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‘‘(I) of a kind authorized by the 
Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate, which shall include 
guard services, access control, and fa-
cility monitoring; and 
‘‘(II) approved by the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(ii) such costs are itemized separately 
in a manner approved by the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.’’. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,850,998,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$36,560,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $10,499,000, 
including $35,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $3,730,000, including $15,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $10,499,000, including $17,500 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$3,099,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
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jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $2,809,000, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2024 until January 2, 
2025. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$810,000,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER 
OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 
5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve in the of-
fices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$20,638,800, to remain available through January 2, 2025: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, 
an office of a Member of the House of Representatives may 
use not more than $46,800 of the allowance available under 
this heading during legislative year 2024.
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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C. 
5106) for the compensation of interns who serve in House 
leadership offices, $586,000, to remain available through 
January 2, 2025: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $322,300 shall be available for the com-
pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices 
of the majority, to be allocated among such offices by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and $263,700 shall 
be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
House leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated 
among such offices by the Minority Floor Leader. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
STANDING, SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEE OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in offices of standing, special, and select committees (other 
than the Committee on Appropriations), $2,600,000, to re-
main available through January 2, 2025: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall 
be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
offices of the majority, and $1,300,000 shall be available
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $31,294,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2024. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $324,879,000, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $41,455,000, of which $9,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $38,793,000, of 
which $22,232,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Adminis-
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trative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $213,072,000, of 
which $26,477,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Whistleblower 
Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Inspector General, $5,512,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,987,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, in-
cluding the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Di-
gest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $2,240,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of 
the House, $3,900,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $14,671,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary 
Affairs, 
$934,000; 
for 
other 
authorized 
employees, 
$1,065,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $433,390,200, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,
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contractor support for actuarial projections, and other ap-
plicable employee benefits, $392,368,200, to remain avail-
able until March 31, 2025, except that $37,000,000 of such 
amount shall remain available until expended; salaries and 
expenses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$27,264,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $5,895,000, to remain available until expended; Green 
and Gold Congressional Aide Program, $3,356,000, to re-
main available until expended; Office of Congressional Eth-
ics, $1,762,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$1,000,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
tiatives Account established under section 115 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That disbursement from this account is subject to approval 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That funds provided in this
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account shall only be used for initiatives approved by the 
Committee on House Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2024. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2024 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu-
rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys-
tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure 
the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ-
ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread 
or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate.
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JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
CEREMONIES OF 2025 
For salaries and expenses associated with conducting 
the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, January 20, 2025, in accordance 
with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres-
sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere-
monies of 2025, $3,675,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs-
able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
2024: Provided further, That the compensation of any em-
ployee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate who has been designated to perform service with 
respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2025 shall continue 
to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
but the account from which such staff member is paid may 
be reimbursed for the services of the staff member out of 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—IN-
QUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS’’, there are authorized to be 
paid sums as may be necessary, without fiscal year limita-
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Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $4,764,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,766,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $588,627,000, of which overtime shall not exceed 
$74,976,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, at least $3,167,000 shall be available for overtime to 
support mission requirements associated with the national 
political conventions and pre-inauguration preparedness;
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and $15,000,000 shall be available for tuition reimburse-
ment, recruitment and retention bonuses and other reten-
tion focused salary related items. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
Member protection-related activities and equipment, steno-
graphic services, personal and professional services, the em-
ployee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers, and not more than $7,500 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $202,846,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost 
of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2024 shall be 
paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $3,200,000 shall be available to support mis-
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sion requirements associated with the national political 
conventions and pre-inauguration preparedness: Provided 
further, That none of the amounts made available under 
this heading may be used to purchase a drone manufactured 
in the People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated 
with the People’s Republic of China except for national se-
curity purposes. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 
of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $8,150,000, 
of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025, and of which not more than $1,000 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $70,000,000: 
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than $500,000 
of the amount made available under this heading for (1)
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improving technical systems, processes, and models for the 
purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budg-
etary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members 
of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the avail-
ability of models, economic assumptions, and data for Mem-
bers of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
eration, and general and administrative support in connec-
tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, including the Botanic Garden, Senate 
and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; for furnishings 
and office equipment; for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of not more than $5,000, to be expended as 
the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or 
exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle, $152,507,000, of which $3,100,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 
$1,000,000 shall be for improvements to rooms for nursing 
mothers and related resources across the Capitol complex.
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CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $95,688,000, of which 
$46,599,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, and of which $17,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $16,600,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2028. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $138,751,000, of which 
$52,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, and of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 
and operation of the House office buildings, $166,426,000, 
of which an amount equal to the balance of the House Office 
Buildings Fund under section 176(d) of the Continuing Ap-
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propriations Act, 2017 (2 U.S.C. 2001 note) as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act shall be derived from such 
Fund, and of which $50,562,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028, and of which $41,800,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the restoration and 
renovation of the Cannon House Office Building. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; and all electrical 
substations of the Capitol; lighting, heating, power (includ-
ing the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer 
services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, 
Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the 
same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning 
refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such build-
ings; heating the Government Publishing Office and Wash-
ington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 
air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Ju-
diciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, ex-
penses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon re-
quest of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $148,650,000, of which $43,400,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That
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not more than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be 
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 
be available for obligation during fiscal year 2024. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $94,978,000, of which $27,800,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028; and of 
which $30,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 
the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap-
itol security operations, $85,207,000, of which $26,169,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That of such amount, $250,000 shall be for construction 
contingencies related to Project 116–DS: Provided further, 
That none of the amounts made available under this head-
ing may be used to purchase a drone manufactured in the 
People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated with 
the People’s Republic of China except for national security 
purposes.
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BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $20,506,000, of which $4,900,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $28,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind
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schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 
services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 
trust fund held by the Board, $592,411,000, and, in addi-
tion, amounts credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 2024 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under
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the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized 
for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
more than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, including for the 
Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, no less than $10,360,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the Teaching with Pri-
mary Sources program, of which $2,379,000 shall be for the 
Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$1,509,000 shall remain available until expended for up-
grade of the Legislative Branch Financial Management 
System: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, no less than $150,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the 
program and facilitate a greater number of donations to 
eligible entities across the United States: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $4,205,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the Veterans History 
Project to continue digitization efforts of already collected 
materials, reach a greater number of veterans to record 
their stories, and promote public access to the Project: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
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$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
COVID–19 American History Project: Provided further, 
That of such amount, $5,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for the development and implementation of a pilot 
data storage and migration method initiative. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$103,128,000, of which not more than $38,025,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2024 
under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 
Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate 
or expend any funds derived from collections under such 
section in excess of the amount authorized for obligation 
or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That not more than $7,566,000 shall be derived from collec-
tions during fiscal year 2024 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, 
That the total amount available for obligation shall be re-
duced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$45,591,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $10,300,000 is for mod-
ernization initiatives, of which $9,300,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
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not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is 
available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy-
right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 
Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for 
activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 
copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of 
title 17, United States Code, any amounts made available 
under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees 
and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant 
to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $136,080,000:
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Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden-
tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro-
vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in-
cludes any written product containing research or analysis 
that is currently available for general congressional access 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made 
available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 
course of business and does not include material prepared 
in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal-
ysis or research. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT 
DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$66,130,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide
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newspapers to blind and print disabled residents at no cost 
to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 130. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2024, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$324,110,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; publishing of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
publishing, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $83,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended 
balances of expired discretionary funds made available 
under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading 
‘‘GOVERNMENT
PUBLISHING
OFFICE
BUSINESS
OPER-
ATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth 
fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds 
are available for the purposes for which appropriated, to 
be available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations
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of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 
of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 
used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
in any format, and their distribution to the public, Mem-
bers of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $37,388,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are 
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional 
serial sets and other related publications for the preceding 
two fiscal years to depository and other designated libraries: 
Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances 
of expired discretionary funds made available under this 
heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERN-
MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS RE-
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VOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 
for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,611,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be
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available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro-
vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS 
OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ may not be 
used for contracted security services at Government Pub-
lishing Office’s passport facility in the District of Colum-
bia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of
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the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $811,894,000, 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, in addition, $73,976,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments
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hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP FUND 
For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter-
national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the 
Congressional Office for International Leadership under 
section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,000,000: Provided, That funds 
made available to support Russian participants shall only 
be used for those engaging in free market development, hu-
manitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall not 
be used for officials of the central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private
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vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2024 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
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contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
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GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless 
through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of 
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 
2242(b)(8)). 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire 
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech-
nologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or mod-
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erate impact information system, as defined for security 
categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 
the equipment or system has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 
inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate im-
pact information systems within the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 
high or moderate impact system, including any risk 
associated with such system being produced, manufac-
tured, or assembled by one or more entities identified 
by the United States Government as posing a cyber
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threat, including but not limited to, those that may 
be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Re-
public of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Rus-
sian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high or 
moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed 
under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity 
described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi-
tion of such telecommunications equipment for inclu-
sion in a high or moderate impact system is in the 
vital national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high 
or moderate impact system intended for acquisition 
and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies
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identified in paragraph (1), provided that such report 
may include a classified annex as necessary. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities or 
other official government activities. 
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION 
SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 
that contract with a food service provider or providers shall 
confer and coordinate with such food service provider or 
providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups, 
to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from 
plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and 
increase recycling and composting opportunities. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION 
F—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the 
Foreign 
Service 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$9,413,107,000, of which $839,910,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, and of which up to 
$3,813,707,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be allocated in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard to 
civil service and classification laws of persons on a 
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
ized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11;
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Chapter 36), $3,336,128,000, of which up to 
$684,767,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of 
State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,828,155,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and 
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized, $1,091,879,000. 
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $3,156,945,000, of which 
up to $3,128,940,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) 
REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of this Act, funds may be repro-
grammed within and between paragraphs (1) through 
(4) under this heading subject to section 7015 of this 
Act.
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CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year 
pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), $50,000,000 
shall be available until expended for the purposes of such 
account, including to reduce passport backlogs and reduce 
visa wait times: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 
by regulation authorize State officials or the United States 
Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each 
application for a passport accepted by such officials or by 
that Service. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $389,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $131,670,000, of which $16,025,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025, and of which 
$24,835,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025 for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
construction (SIGAR): Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading are made available notwithstanding sec-
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tion 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available for the printing and reproduction costs of 
SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs during the 
prior fiscal year. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural ex-
change programs, as authorized, $741,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than 
$287,800,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Provided, 
That fees or other payments received from, or in connection 
with, English teaching, educational advising and coun-
seling programs, and exchange visitor programs as author-
ized may be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Ful-
bright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions 
shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for the Benjamin Gilman 
International Scholarships Program shall also be made 
available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, pursu-
ant to section 7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019
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(division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That 
any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to 
programs funded under this heading in this Act shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to en-
able the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary pro-
tective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 
property that are owned or leased by the Department of 
State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, $902,615,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2028, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation ex-
penses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de-
partments and agencies of the United States Government.
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In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,055,206,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 
Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $5,167,004. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $35,964,000.
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INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees col-
lected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facili-
ties at the International Center in accordance with section 
4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553), 
and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$744,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by such 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,543,452,000, of which 
$96,240,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the 
time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, trans-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent
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biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the op-
erations of the United Nations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, 
as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations 
action to increase funding for any United Nations program 
without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget: Provided further, That any pay-
ment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to 
activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of interest 
costs made known to the United States Government by such 
organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be made available 
for United States contributions in support of the Inter-
national Energy Forum.
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,367,407,000, of which $683,704,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security 
Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is prac-
ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: 
(1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objec-
tives of the mission, the national interest that will be served, 
and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay 
the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated 
cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel,
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and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com-
mitting acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other viola-
tions of human rights, and to hold accountable individuals 
who engage in such acts while participating in such mis-
sion, including prosecution in their home countries and 
making information about such prosecutions publicly avail-
able on the website of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Na-
tions and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping 
troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure 
that such troops have not violated human rights: Provided 
further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex-
penses unless the Secretary of State determines that United 
States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given op-
portunities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading may be used for any 
United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a rec-
ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
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terest of the United States and the President has submitted 
to Congress such a recommendation: Provided further, That 
any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation expenses, as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$64,800,000, of which $9,720,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $156,050,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts mak-
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ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs for the United States Sec-
tion, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the United States 
Section, which shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants and 
the Community Assistance Program of the North American 
Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading for the International 
Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and up to $9,000 may be made 
available for representation expenses: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be 
made available for representation expenses.
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INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$65,719,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States 
Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry 
out international communication activities, and to make 
and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television 
broadcasting to the Middle East, $857,214,000, of which 
$42,861,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $75,722,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading may remain 
available until expended for satellite transmissions, global 
network distribution, and Internet freedom programs, of 
which not less than $43,500,000 shall be for Internet free-
dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 
may be used for such expenses within the United States as
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authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for rep-
resentation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be allocated in accordance with the table included 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
previous proviso, funds may be reprogrammed within and 
between amounts designated in such table, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that no such reprogramming may reduce 
a designated amount by more than 5 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
made available in accordance with the principles and 
standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204): Pro-
vided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 
days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its 
broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, pro-
vides an open platform for international terrorists or those 
who support international terrorism, or is in violation of 
the principles and standards set forth in section 303(a) and 
(b) of such Act or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics:
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Provided further, That in addition to funds made available 
under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising 
and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in re-
ceipts from cooperating international organizations, and 
up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of 
the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting 
Bureau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 
out authorized purposes: Provided further, That significant 
modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justi-
fied to Congress, including changes to transmission plat-
forms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and tel-
evision), for all USAGM language services shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 
from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance account may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any transfer authority otherwise available under 
any other provision of law and shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations.
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BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 
as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
$9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $22,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, which shall not be used 
for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section
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633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and 
earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2024, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2024, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 
of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which are 
not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on com-
pensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing to the
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Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2024, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$22,000,000. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), 
$315,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$210,316,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus-
tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$104,684,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided, 
That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, as authorized
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by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, $770,000, 
of which $116,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem-
porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding 
paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro-
vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Octo-
ber 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Commission shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising 
such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, including not 
more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.
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CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not more 
than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa-
tion expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita-
tions, and conditions contained in the second through fifth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2024 and shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading.
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COMMISSION ON REFORM AND MODERNIZATION OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Reform 
and Modernization of the Department of State, as author-
ized by section 9803 of the Department of State Authoriza-
tion Act of 2022 (title XCVIII of division I of Public Law 
117–263), $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,695,000,000, of which up to $254,250,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 
be made available to finance the construction (including ar-
chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the USAID Administrator 
has identified such proposed use of funds in a report sub-
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mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 
days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That contracts or agreements entered into 
with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 
commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the 
following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority 
of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such 
Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 
be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed 
$100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID 
during the current fiscal year: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, up to 
$20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $259,100,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$85,500,000, of which up to $12,825,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, as follows:
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GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $3,985,450,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, and which shall 
be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for training, equipment, and tech-
nical assistance to build the capacity of public health insti-
tutions and organizations in developing countries, and for 
such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health 
programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration pro-
grams; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation 
programs which directly address the needs of mothers and 
children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for 
children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis-
eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 
by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by 
AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; 
(7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to unan-
ticipated and emerging global health threats, including
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zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive 
health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available for United States 
contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral 
vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre-
paredness: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from 
prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 
organization or program which, as determined by the Presi-
dent of the United States, supports or participates in the 
management of a program of coercive abortion or involun-
tary sterilization: Provided further, That any determina-
tion made under the previous proviso must be made not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria uti-
lized to make the determination: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this Act may be used 
to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in
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order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, 
funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning 
projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 
or information about access to, a broad range of family 
planning methods and services, and that any such vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following re-
quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other 
numerical targets, of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 
to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators 
for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall 
not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or fi-
nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be-
coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per-
sonnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total 
number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) 
the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including 
the right of access to participate in any program of general 
welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 
of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac-
ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits
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and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 
that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 
those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use 
of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experi-
mental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study 
in which participants are advised of potential risks and 
benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which 
the USAID Administrator determines that there has been 
a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of 
violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) 
of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report containing a descrip-
tion of such violation and the corrective action taken by 
the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for 
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated 
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
tious commitment to offer only natural family planning; 
and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the 
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro-
priating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it
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relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed 
to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of infor-
mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided 
further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 
from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 
accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 
failure rates of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 
AIDS, $6,045,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart-
ment of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United States con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis 
and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, That the 
amount of such contribution shall be $1,650,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount 
of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 
2024 may be made available to USAID for technical assist-
ance related to the activities of the Global Fund, subject
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to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph, up to $22,000,000 may be 
made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the United 
States Global AIDS Coordinator, consistent with the direc-
tion included under this heading in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 
and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $3,931,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $4,779,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $750,000,000 is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be apportioned to the 
United States Agency for International Development not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the 
Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transition 
to democracy and long-term development of countries in cri-
sis, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such support may include assistance to develop, 
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful 
resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new, 
or terminating a, program of assistance: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary of State determines that it is impor-
tant to the national interest of the United States to provide 
transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for pur-
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poses of this heading and under the authorities applicable 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V 
of division J of Public Law 116–94), $55,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except sections 
7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned 
to the United States Agency for International Development. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$3,890,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which $300,000,000 is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de-
mocracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 
4411), $205,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, which shall be made available for the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy and 
its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available by this Act for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obli-
gation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, 
$140,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, which shall be made available for the Bureau for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Governance, United States 
Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Sup-
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port Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for East-
ern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 
101–179), $770,334,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, which shall be available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except section 7047 of this Act, 
for assistance and related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 
5801) and section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
5402), in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, of which $310,000,000 is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are 
made available for assistance for such countries shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the responsibilities of the co-
ordinator designated pursuant to section 102 of the FREE-
DOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED Act of 
1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making 
available the administrative authorities contained in that 
Act for the use of economic assistance: Provided further,
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increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$856,174,624. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $197,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM 
For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Secu-
rity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TREASURY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For contributions by the Secretary of the Treasury to 
international financial institutions and trust funds admin-
istered by such institutions, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purposes, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may 
be available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees to the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
research and development. 
(e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 
less than $845,100,000 shall be made available for budget 
support for the Government of Jordan and not less than 
$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(f) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leba-
nese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is 
controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as des-
ignated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are made available for 
assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
for programs and equipment for the ISF and the 
LAF to address security and stability require-