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(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a 
copy of the project proposal; and 
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the proposed 
project funding would supplement or supplant funding 
requested as part of the Department’s most recent budg-
et submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department of 
Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization Fund 
shall be available for obligation until 15 days after a report 
on such funds has been transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall include— 
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and ap-
proved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization Board; 
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between the 
Department and the Fund including the project’s 
deliverables and repayment terms, as applicable; 
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will sup-
plement or supplant existing funding available to the De-
partment for similar activities; 
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay the 
Fund, including specific planned funding sources, as ap-
plicable; and
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(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission for 
the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025 
that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the pre-
vious year based on user fees proposals that have not been 
enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget 
authority commensurate with the revenues assumed in such 
proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior to Oc-
tober 1, 2024. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 
for the Treaty. 
SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security may be used to enter into a 
procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or co-
operative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a 
loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section 
1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity.
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SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to trans-
fer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 
Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of 
the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on a bi-
monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of nonciti-
zens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the 
United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, the 
estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the following 
fiscal year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to include 
single adults, family units, and unaccompanied children; 
(3) 
undergo 
an 
independent 
validation 
and 
verification review;
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(4) are used to inform policy planning and budg-
eting processes within the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials submitted 
to Congress for each fiscal year beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act and in support of— 
(A) the President’s annual budget request pur-
suant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code; 
(B) any supplemental funding request sub-
mitted to Congress; 
(C) any reprogramming and transfer notifica-
tion pursuant to section 503 of this Act; and 
(D) such budget materials shall include— 
(i) the most recent bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a); 
(ii) a description and quantification of the 
estimates used to justify funding requests for 
Department programs related to border secu-
rity, immigration enforcement, and immigra-
tion services; 
(iii) a description and quantification of the 
anticipated workload and requirements result-
ing from such estimates; and
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(iv) a confirmation as to whether the 
budget requests for impacted agencies were de-
veloped using the same estimates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection 
(b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re-
programming and transfer authority provided in section 503 
of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the required 
estimates are provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 539. (a) Section 538 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (division F of Public 
Law 117–103) is amended by striking subsection (d) and in-
serting the following— 
‘‘(d) Amounts in the Fund may not be apportioned or 
allotted for any fiscal year until after the date on which the 
Act making full-year appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the applicable fiscal year is enacted 
into law, subject to subsection (e).
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‘‘(e) The Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 15 
days in advance of the planned use of funds.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply to 
amounts transferred under such section 538 on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 540. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity requesting assistance from the Department of Defense 
for border security operations, the Secretary shall ensure that 
an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis is conducted 
before such request is made, which shall include an examina-
tion of obtaining such support through other means. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a re-
quest for assistance is made, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report detail-
ing the types of support requested, the alternatives analysis 
and cost-benefit analysis described in subsection (a), and the 
operational impact to Department of Homeland Security op-
erations of any Department of Defense border security sup-
port requested by the Secretary. 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a re-
quest made for assistance is granted and quarterly thereafter 
through the duration of such assistance, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a 
report detailing the assistance provided and the operational 
impacts to border security operations. 
SEC. 541. Funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act for Operations and Support may be used for the nec-
essary expenses of providing an employee emergency back-up 
care program. 
SEC. 542. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made available 
in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to support 
and conduct necessary operations of the Blue Campaign for 
fiscal year 2024. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available by 
subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 543. Of the funds appropriated to the Department 
of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985:
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(1) $800,000 from unobligated balances available in 
the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Manage-
ment—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/24 
0100). 
(2) $4,100,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Management Directorate—Office of the 
Chief Information Officer and Operations’’ account (70 
X 0113). 
(3) $1,473,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account (70 
X 0532). 
(4) $1,842,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Bor-
der Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ 
account (70 X 0533). 
(5) $450,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Air 
and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and 
Procurement’’ account (70 X 0544). 
(6) $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/24 
0540).
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(7) $782,419 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 0540). 
(8) $10,471 from the unobligated balances available 
in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Automation Modernization’’ account (70 X 0543). 
(9) $22,600,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ account (70 X 0613). 
(10) $150,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ account. 
(11) $2,400,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ account (70 X 0400). 
(12) $4,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Procure-
ment, Construction, and Improvements’’ account (70 23/ 
25 0401). 
(13) $3,500,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ account (70 23/27 0412). 
(14) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
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rity Agency—Research and Development’’ account (70 
23/24 0805). 
(15) $5,821,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy—National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ account (70 
X 0716). 
(16) $40,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 0300). 
(17) $46,968 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 
account (70 20/24 0510). 
(18) $900,000 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Oper-
ations and Support’’ account (70 X 0800). 
(19) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion Office—Research and Development’’ account (70 
22/24 0860). 
(20) $2,900,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion Office—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ account (70 22/24 0862).
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(21) $19,700,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion Office—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ account (70 23/25 0862). 
(22) $11,208,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion—Research and Development’’ account (70 23/25 
0860). 
(23) $11,478 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Office—Research and Development’’ account (70 X 
0860). 
SEC. 544. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant 
to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are rescinded: 
(1) $1,025,240 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management—Operations and Support’’. 
(2) $982,350 from ‘‘Management Directorate—Op-
erations and Support’’. 
(3) $757,750 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Sit-
uational Awareness—Operations and Support’’. 
(4) $102,031 from ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral—Operations and Support’’.
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(5) $6,952,560 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Operations and Support’’. 
(6) $7,661,620 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement—Operations and Support’’. 
(7) $31,022,129 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(8) $364,550 from ‘‘United States Secret Service— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(9) $1,407,050 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(10) $2,454,920 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(11) $3,146,930 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services—Operations and Support’’. 
(12) $232,590 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers—Operations and Support’’. 
(13) $51,440 from ‘‘Science and Technology Direc-
torate—Operations and Support’’. 
(14) $73,440 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 545. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ 
established in section 538 of division F of Public Law 117– 
103, $699,662 are hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 546. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available by section 104A(m) of Public Law 103–325 
(12 U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $30,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances in the fund established 
by section 223 of division G of Public Law 110–161, 
$87,900,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 
30, 2024. 
(c)(1) Of the unobligated balances of funds made avail-
able by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 
2501, 2502, 2704, 3101, and 9911 of Public Law 117–2, 
$239,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(2) The report required to be submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 529 of division D of this consolidated Act shall include 
the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection. 
(d) Of the unobligated balances in the fund established 
pursuant to section 527 of title 28, United States Code, 
$75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2024. 
(e) Of the amounts provided in title II of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’, $320,000,000 shall be paid from the unobligated 
balances from amounts in the fund established by section 
9006(a) of title 26, United States Code.
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(f)(1) Of the total amount provided in title III of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $364,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available in paragraph (2) under such heading in title 
V of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) and shall be merged with amounts pro-
vided under such heading in title III of this Act. 
(2) Amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to this 
subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the Budget are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 
2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 547. Notwithstanding the amounts made available 
for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to title I of the 
Rehabilitation Act in ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilita-
tion Services’’ in division D of this Act and notwithstanding 
sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act, 
each State shall be entitled to an allotment equal to the 
amount such State received pursuant to section 110(a) of the 
Rehabilitation Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2023, prior to any additions or reductions under section
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110(b) or section 111(a)(2)(B): Provided, That, of such 
amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Education—Rehabilitation Services’’ in division D of this 
Act, $286,791,761 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, 
That, for fiscal year 2025, each State shall be entitled to an 
allotment pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act that shall be calculated as if this section were not in ef-
fect in fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 548. The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ in division 
E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118–42), is amended by striking ‘‘$12,500,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
SEC. 549. (a) Of the unobligated balances made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in 
title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2024 (Public Law 118–42) for grants for the Economic De-
velopment Initiative (EDI) specified in paragraph (4) of such 
heading, $1,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 in the matter 
preceding division A of such consolidated Act.
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(b) The matter under the heading ‘‘Transit Infrastruc-
ture Grants’’ in title I of division F of Public Law 118–42 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by 
striking ‘‘$252,386,844’’ and inserting ‘‘$253,386,844’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$21,000,000’’. 
SEC. 550. (a) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 
the explanatory statement for division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) described in 
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act, the 
item relating to ‘‘The Veterans’ Place Renovation’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking ‘‘Renovation’’ and inserting ‘‘New 
Construction’’. 
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana-
tory statement for division F of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described in section 4 
in the matter preceding division A of such Act, the item relat-
ing to ‘‘Kingfield Multi-Family Housing’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Kingfield’’. 
SEC. 551. The table entitled ‘‘Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory
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statement for division F of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described in section 4 in the 
matter preceding division A of such Act is deemed to be 
amended by adding at the end the items in the table entitled 
‘‘THUD Addendum’’ in the explanatory statement for this di-
vision described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION 
D—DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) and the 
National Apprenticeship Act, $4,006,421,000 plus reimburse-
ments, shall be available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and 
training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, $2,929,332,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $173,649,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2024 through June 
30, 2025, and of which $712,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the period October 1, 2024 through June 
30, 2025; 
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; and
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(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker em-
ployment 
and 
training 
activities, 
of 
which 
$235,553,000 shall be available for the period July 
1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of which 
$860,000,000 shall be available for the period Octo-
ber 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to out-
lying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA 
shall not be subject to the requirements of section 
127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the requirements of WIOA, outlying areas 
may submit a single application for a consolidated grant 
that awards funds that would otherwise be available to 
such areas to carry out the activities described in sub-
title B of title I of the WIOA: Provided further, That 
such application shall be submitted to the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 
outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant described in 
the preceding provisos may use the funds for any of the 
programs and activities authorized under such subtitle B 
of title I of the WIOA subject to approval of the applica-
tion and such reporting requirements issued by the Sec-
retary; and
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(2) for national programs, $1,077,089,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $100,859,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 
through September 30, 2025, and of which 
$200,000,000 shall be available for the period Octo-
ber 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That 
funds 
provided 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to provide 
assistance to a State for statewide or local use in 
order to address cases where there have been work-
er dislocations across multiple sectors or across 
multiple local areas and such workers remain dis-
located; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; 
and train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sections 
168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be used for 
technical assistance and demonstration projects, re-
spectively, that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary may reserve not more than 10
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percent of such funds to provide technical assist-
ance and carry out additional activities related to 
the transition to the WIOA: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
$115,000,000 shall be for training and employment 
assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwith-
standing the 10 percent limitation in such section) 
and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in 
the Appalachian region, as defined by 40 
U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the Lower Mis-
sissippi, as defined in section 4(2) of the Delta 
Development Act (Public Law 100–460, 102 
Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)), and workers 
in the region served by the Northern Border 
Regional Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 
15733; and 
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the purpose 
of developing, offering, or improving edu-
cational or career training programs at com-
munity colleges, defined as public institutions 
of higher education, as described in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
and at which the associate’s degree is primarily 
the highest degree awarded, with other eligible
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institutions of higher education, as defined in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, eligible to participate through consortia, 
with community colleges as the lead grantee: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall follow the 
requirements for the program in House Report 
116–62: Provided further, That any grant 
funds used for apprenticeships shall be used to 
support only apprenticeship programs reg-
istered under the National Apprenticeship Act 
and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of the 
WIOA; 
(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025; 
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for em-
ployment and training services), $6,591,000 for mi-
grant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and 
$671,000 for other discretionary purposes, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024
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through June 30, 2025: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law or related regu-
lation, the Department of Labor shall take no ac-
tion limiting the number or proportion of eligible 
participants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such services: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the defini-
tion of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in section 
167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an individual 
being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is eligible for mi-
grant and seasonal farmworker programs under sec-
tion 167 of the WIOA under that definition if, in 
addition to meeting the requirements of clauses (i) 
and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), such individual is 
a member of a family with a total family income 
equal to or less than 150 percent of the poverty 
line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025; 
(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025: Provided, That of this
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amount, $30,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to national and regional intermediaries for 
activities that prepare for employment young adults 
with criminal legal histories, young adults who have 
been justice system-involved, or young adults who 
have dropped out of school or other educational pro-
grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 
crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Qual-
ity Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of 
the WIOA, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under the 
National Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in 
section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be available to the 
Secretary to carry out activities through grants, co-
operative agreements, contracts and other arrange-
ments, with States and other appropriate entities, 
including equity intermediaries and business and 
labor industry partner intermediaries, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025; and 
(H) $107,834,000 for carrying out Demonstra-
tion and Pilot projects under section 169(c) of the
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WIOA, which shall be available for the period April 
1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, in addition to 
funds available for such activities under subpara-
graph (A) for the projects, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
such funds may be used for projects that are re-
lated to the employment and training needs of dis-
located workers, other adults, or youth: Provided 
further, That the 10 percent funding limitation 
under such section of the WIOA shall not apply to 
such 
funds: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall not apply to such 
funds: Provided further, That sections 102 and 107 
of this Act shall not apply to such funds. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including 
Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and re-
pairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of
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real property for training centers as authorized by the WIOA, 
$1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 
through June 30, 2025; 
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 
2027, and which may include the acquisition, mainte-
nance, and repair of major items of equipment: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent 
of such funds to meet the operational needs of such cen-
ters or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided 
further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after 
June 30, 2024: Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer; and 
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the pe-
riod October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall 
be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 through June 
30, 2025, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search and 
relocation, and related State administrative expenses under 
part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade 
Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, 
training, employment and case management services, and re-
lated State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended, $30,700,000 together with such amounts 
as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appro-
priation for payments for any period subsequent to Sep-
tember 15, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 
of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this
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heading may remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
rent fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,922,084,000 which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration Ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), 
of which— 
(1) $3,141,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State unem-
ployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act (including not less than 
$382,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and 
eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act, 
any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in 
such section, including those who are profiled as most 
likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such 
services and assessments: Provided, That of such 
amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under sec-
tion 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided to 
meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1985 and $265,000,000 is additional new budget au-
thority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of 
such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excel-
lence), the administration of unemployment insurance 
for Federal employees and for ex-service members as au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administra-
tion of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment 
trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade ad-
justment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and 
under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assist-
ance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of 
the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and sec-
tion 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and 
shall be available for obligation by the States through 
December 31, 2024, except that funds used for automa-
tion shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
cember 31, 2024, and for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, or, if the automation is being carried 
out through consortia of States, for State obligation 
through September 30, 2030, and for expenditure 
through September 30, 2031, and funds for competitive 
grants awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assess-
ments and unemployment insurance improper payment
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reviews and provide reemployment services and referrals 
to training, as appropriate, shall be available for Federal 
obligation through December 31, 2024 (except that 
funds for outcome payments pursuant to section 
306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act shall be available for 
Federal obligation through March 31, 2025), and for ob-
ligation by the States through September 30, 2026, and 
funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center 
of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the 
State through September 30, 2025, and funds used for 
unemployment insurance workloads experienced through 
September 30, 2024 shall be available for Federal obli-
gation through December 31, 2024; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administration 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 
6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2024 through 
June 30, 2025; 
(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit under
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section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (includ-
ing assisting States in adopting or modernizing informa-
tion technology for use in the processing of certification 
requests), and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the ad-
ministration of foreign labor certifications and related 
activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act 
and related laws, of which $60,528,000 shall be available 
for the Federal administration of such activities, and 
$23,282,000 shall be available for grants to States for 
the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to pro-
vide workforce information, national electronic tools, and 
one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act 
and shall be available for Federal obligation for the pe-
riod July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, of which up 
to $9,800,000 may be used to carry out research and 
demonstration projects related to testing effective ways 
to promote greater labor force participation of people 
with disabilities: Provided, That the Secretary may 
transfer amounts made available for research and dem-
onstration projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office 
of Disability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-
poses:
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Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title 
III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to 
assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 
III if the other States include areas that have suffered a 
major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act 
to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the Na-
tional Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds ap-
propriated for grants to States under title III of the Social 
Security Act to make payments on behalf of States to the en-
tity operating the State Information Data Exchange System: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which 
are used to establish a national one-stop career center sys-
tem, or which are used to support the national activities of
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the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment serv-
ice, or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants for 
improved operations under title III of the Social Security Act, 
or awarded grants to support the national activities of the 
Federal-State unemployment insurance system, may award 
subgrants to other States and non-State entities under such 
grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for 
activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 
integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles 
prescribed under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administra-
tive Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-
quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 
States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 
III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in 
the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment 
Insurance Information Technology Support Center in order 
to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the 
unemployment compensation law of the State making the re-
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quest: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees 
for the costs associated with additional data collection, anal-
yses, and reporting services relating to the National Agricul-
tural Workers Survey requested by State and local govern-
ments, public and private institutions of higher education, 
and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, method-
ology, and data to meet the information collection and report-
ing needs of such entities, which shall be credited to this ap-
propriation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the 
revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social Se-
curity Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment Bene-
fits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2025.
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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training 
programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 
$54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity 
Administration, 
$191,100,000, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corpora-
tion’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, including fi-
nancial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor-
poration, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the program, including associated administrative ex-
penses, through September 30, 2024, for the Corporation:
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Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corporation 
for fiscal year 2024 shall be available for obligations for ad-
ministrative expenses in excess of $512,900,000: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the number of new plan par-
ticipants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an amount not to exceed an ad-
ditional $9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 
2028, for obligations for administrative expenses for every 
20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided further, 
That obligations in excess of the amounts provided for ad-
ministrative expenses in this paragraph may be incurred and 
shall be available through September 30, 2028 for obligation 
for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or termi-
nation expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program re-
lated expenses after approval by the Office of Management 
and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That an additional amount shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2028 to the extent the 
Corporation’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of cred-
it or identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suf-
fering a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an 
additional $100 per affected individual.
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WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies 
and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
$260,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $48,515,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with $2,205,000 
which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses not otherwise authorized) ac-
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cruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as provided for 
under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Se-
curity Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) 
of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations in-
curred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional compensation 
and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $700,000,000, together 
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the 
subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensa-
tion and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 
15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume the 
attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund established 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That amounts appro-
priated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary 
to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 
time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reim-
bursements unobligated on September 30, 2023, shall remain 
available until expended for the payment of compensation, 
benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition 
there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the 
Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumen-
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tality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for 
its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the 
Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for em-
ployees of such fair share entities through September 30, 
2024: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to 
this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of 
administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $28,153,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, 
and medical bill processing, $26,526,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $26,527,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such
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identifying information (including Social Security account 
number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275, 
$22,890,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, ben-
efit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for 
costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as 
may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a claim 
for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim such 
identifying information (including Social Security account 
number) as may be prescribed.
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BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by sec-
tion 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest on 
advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In 
addition, the following amounts may be expended from the 
Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses of operation and ad-
ministration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as author-
ized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $44,059,000 for 
transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $41,178,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’; not to exceed $368,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and not to ex-
ceed $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for 
the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, $632,309,000, including not to exceed 
$120,000,000 which shall be the maximum amount available 
for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational
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Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no 
less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety 
and health programs required to be incurred under plans ap-
proved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in 
addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 
per fiscal year of training institute course tuition and fees, 
otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 
such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, to collect and retain fees for services 
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and 
may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 
29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international lab-
oratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equip-
ment and products used by workers in the workplace: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a tem-
porary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce
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any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 
respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is in-
cluded within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or 
Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury and illness rate, 
at the most precise industrial classification code for which 
such data are published, less than the national average rate 
as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, 
acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance 
with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consulta-
tion, technical assistance, educational and training serv-
ices, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in re-
sponse to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for 
violations found during such inspection, and to assess a 
penalty for violations which are not corrected within a 
reasonable abatement period and for any willful viola-
tions found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to a report of an employment accident which is 
fatal to one or more employees or which results in hos-
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pitalization of two or more employees, and to take any 
action pursuant to such investigation authorized by the 
Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to complaints of discrimination against employ-
ees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That $12,787,000 shall 
be available for Susan Harwood training grants: Provided 
further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary 
Protection Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recov-
ery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State assist-
ance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National 
Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, 
and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by
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law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 
education and training activities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and certifi-
cation of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in 
mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public 
and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 
with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided fur-
ther, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is au-
thorized to promote health and safety education and training 
in the mining community through cooperative programs with 
States, industry, and safety associations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. 
Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association 
and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, includ-
ing service of Mine Safety and Health Administration offi-
cials as officers in local chapters or in the national organiza-
tion: Provided further, That any funds available to the De-
partment of Labor may be used, with the approval of the 
Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival 
operations in the event of a major disaster.
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, 
and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
$629,952,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and ini-
tiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of elimi-
nating barriers to the training and employment of people with 
disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 
shall be for research and demonstration projects related to 
testing effective ways to promote greater labor force partici-
pation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may transfer amounts made available under this head-
ing for research and demonstration projects to the ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’ account for such purposes.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$387,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, 
That $81,725,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 
2024: Provided further, That funds available to the Bureau 
of International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or 
operate international labor activities, bilateral and multilat-
eral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or 
through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 
Provided further, That not less than $30,175,000 shall be for 
programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally 
and not less than $30,175,000 shall be used to implement 
model programs that address worker rights issues through 
technical assistance in countries with which the United States 
has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: Pro-
vided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for program 
evaluation and shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation may be used to administer grants for the
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purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for 
the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and 
open competition: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation may be transferred to any other appro-
priate account in the Department for such purpose: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That the 
funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for 
grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 
workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be used for grants authorized by the Women in Apprentice-
ship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 
41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of which— 
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialists under section 
4103A of such title and local veterans’ employment rep-
resentatives under section 4104(b) of such title, and for 
the expenses described in section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which
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shall be available for expenditure by the States through 
September 30, 2026, and not to exceed 3 percent for the 
necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant 
and performance information: Provided, That, in addi-
tion, such funds may be used to support such specialists 
and representatives in the provision of services to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
participated in the Transition Assistance Program and 
have been identified as in need of intensive services, to 
members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or 
injured and receiving treatment in military treatment fa-
cilities or warrior transition units, and to the spouses or 
other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured 
members; 
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 
U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 
2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That up to $500,000 may be used to carry out 
the Hire VETS Act (division O of Public Law 115–31); 
and
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(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation 
from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 
30, 2024, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under sections 2021 or under 
2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless vet-
erans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans 
who were homeless at some point within the 60 days prior 
to program entry or veterans who are at risk of homelessness 
within the next 60 days, and that services provided under 
section 2023 may include, in addition to services to the indi-
viduals described in subsection (e) of such section, services to 
veterans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 
of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in this 
paragraph may be used for data systems and contract sup-
port to allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
information: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 
U.S.C. 1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) 
of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available 
to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion 
Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such sums shall be 
in addition to any other funds available for such purposes, in-
cluding funds available under paragraph (3) of this heading: 
Provided further, That section 2(d) of division O of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31; 38 
U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities related 
to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, which 
shall be available through September 30, 2025.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,841,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of the 
amount provided under this heading may be available until 
expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses 
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 
indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may 
be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no 
such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 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,
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That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 
or indentured child labor in industries and host countries al-
ready identified by the United States Department of Labor 
prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of Labor 
for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitive-
ness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916a) may be used for any purpose other than competitive 
grants for training individuals who are older than 16 years 
of age and are not currently enrolled in school within a local 
educational agency in the occupations and industries for 
which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign work-
ers, and the related activities necessary to support such train-
ing. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administra-
tion’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such
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funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either 
as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Execu-
tive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors pro-
viding goods and services as defined in Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–133. Where States are recipients of 
such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries 
and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from sub-
recipients of such funds, taking into account factors including 
the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels 
for comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration 
programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employment 
and Training Administration by this Act, either directly or 
through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to grant-
ees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is determined that 
those services will be more efficiently performed by Federal 
employees: Provided, That this section shall not apply to sec-
tion 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap-
propriation made available to the Employment and Training
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Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administration’’ in 
order to carry out program integrity activities relating to any 
of the programs or activities that are funded under any such 
discretionary appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 102 and the preceding proviso, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ ac-
count to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out program 
integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred under this subsection 
shall be available to the Secretary to carry out program in-
tegrity activities directly or through grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts and other arrangements with States 
and other appropriate entities: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under the authority provided by this subsection 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2025. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 
0.75 percent from each appropriation made available in this 
Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evalua-
tions of any of the programs or activities that are funded 
under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this section 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use 
by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the De-
partment of Labor, and shall be available for obligation
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through September 30, 2025: Provided, That such funds shall 
only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the De-
partment of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour 
Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and 
Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability Employment 
Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bureau of Inter-
national Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the 
‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count, and ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and Training’’. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following 
text is part of such section:
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‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for 
a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster 
to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting 
from or relating to such major disaster, by an employer 
not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in under-
writing, selling, or marketing property, casualty, or li-
ability insurance policies or contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average 
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per week 
or any minimum weekly amount established by the Sec-
retary, whichever is greater, for the number of weeks 
such employee is engaged in any of the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, individ-
uals who suffered injuries or other damages or 
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
nesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing 
factual information to prepare damage estimates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommendations 
regarding coverage or compensability of claims or 
determining liability or value aspects of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or
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‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding litiga-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any disaster 
or catastrophe declared or designated by any State or 
Federal agency or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such major 
disaster’ means an individual who timely secured or se-
cures a license required by applicable law to engage in 
and perform the activities described in clauses (i) 
through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to a major dis-
aster, and is employed by an employer that maintains 
worker compensation insurance coverage or protection 
for its employees, if required by applicable law, and 
withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income 
and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and any bene-
fits of such employees; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, by 
reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of 
the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities 
of one or more companies, directly or indirectly, controls,
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is controlled by, or is under common control with, an-
other company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT
TO
THE 
CROSSING
OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING
IN
THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer 
in the seafood industry is granted, the employer may 
bring the nonimmigrants described in the petition into 
the United States at any time during the 120-day period 
beginning on the start date for which the employer is 
seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without filing 
another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH 
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States after 
the date that is 90 days after the start date for which 
the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local 
labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local newspapers 
on 2 separate Sundays; and
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(ii) posting the job opportunity on the ap-
propriate Department of Labor Electronic Job 
Registry and at the employer’s place of em-
ployment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better quali-
fied United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and place 
of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con-
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings H– 
2B nonimmigrants into the United States during the 
120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be stag-
gering the date of need in violation of section 655.20(d) 
of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted to 
the United States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for the 
purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—(1) 
the actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees
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with similar experience and qualifications for such position in 
the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage level for the oc-
cupational classification of the position in the geographic area 
in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will be employed, based on 
the best information available at the time of filing the peti-
tion. In the determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 
of the H–2B program, the Secretary shall accept private 
wage surveys even in instances where Occupational Employ-
ment Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 
determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found 
in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini-
tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Fur-
ther, for the purpose of regulating admission of temporary 
workers under the H–2B program, the definition of tem-
porary 
need 
shall 
be 
that 
provided 
in 
CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agree-
ments, contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 
of excess personal property, at a value determined by the Sec-
retary, to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of train-
ing apprentices in those programs.
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SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a De-
partment of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, 
chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text is part 
of such Act: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is author-
ized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor 
during the workday of the Secretary and during any ac-
tivity that is preliminary or postliminary to the perform-
ance of official duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protection 
provided to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate 
family of the Secretary who is participating in an activ-
ity or event relating to the official duties of the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary 
(including during periods not described in paragraph 
(1)) and to the members of the immediate family of the 
Secretary if there is a unique and articulable threat of 
physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established 
by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of 
Labor or another senior officer representing the Sec-
retary of Labor at a public event if there is a unique and
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articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with 
guidelines established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may au-
thorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed 
under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the du-
ties authorized under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense 
against the United States committed in the presence of 
such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, including 
identifying and mitigating potential threats and con-
ducting advance work to review security matters relating 
to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; 
and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into 
potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in co-
ordination with the Inspector General of the Department 
of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforce-
ment officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) 
shall exercise any authority provided under this section in ac-
cordance with any— 
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and
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‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or 
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new 
Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on 
which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the Gary 
Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other disposition, 
to include any associated construction project, will not be 
subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation 
relating to the disposition of Federal real property or relating 
to Federal procurement, including but not limited to sub-
chapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States Code, 
subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United States 
Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of title 41 
of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale 
shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be available 
until expended for such project to carry out the Job Corps 
Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in 
and around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to—
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(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement 
between the United States Department of Labor and the 
United States Department of Agriculture; or 
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, 
except if such closure is necessary to prevent the 
endangerment of the health and safety of the students, 
the capacity of the program is retained, and the require-
ments of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under sec-
tion 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded not later than September 30, 2024. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 117. Of the funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training and 
Employment Services’’ in division H of Public Law 117–328, 
$75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded from the 
amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) under such heading 
for the period October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 118. In the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana-
tory statement for division H of Public Law 117–328 de-
scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
such Public Law, the item relating to ‘‘Society for the Ad-
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vancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in 
Science, San Jose, CA to create a pipeline from community 
colleges into the STEM workforce’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking ‘‘Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/His-
panics and Native Americans in Science’’ and inserting ‘‘San 
Jose State University Research Foundation’’. 
SEC. 119. Funds previously made available to the De-
partment of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113) in paragraph (2) under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and Training 
Administration—Job Corps’’ that were obligated for the con-
struction of the Atlanta Job Corps center in Georgia and that 
were available for initial obligation through June 30, 2019, 
are to remain available through fiscal year 2029 for the liq-
uidation of valid obligations incurred from July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2021. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor Ap-
propriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, That no 
more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That no more than $120,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for carrying out subsections (g) 
through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for 
expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to ad-
ministrative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 
1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality 
Improvement Act of 1986, $1,404,376,000: Provided, That 
section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional fund-
ing amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) 
of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That for any program oper-
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ating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 
1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive 
any of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 
and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of 
a grant under such section: Provided further, That section 
756(c) of the PHS Act shall apply to paragraphs (1) through 
(4) of section 756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of in-
formation under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality 
Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 
1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover 
the full costs of operating the programs authorized by such 
sections and shall remain available until expended for the Na-
tional Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 
transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and sub-
part 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used 
to make prior year adjustments to awards made under such 
section and subpart: Provided further, That $128,600,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purposes of pro-
viding primary health services, assigning National Health 
Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) participants to expand the delivery 
of substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding 
the assignment priorities and limitations under sections
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333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, 
and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment 
Program under section 338B of such Act: Provided further, 
That, within the amount made available in the previous pro-
viso, $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-
payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act to in-
dividuals participating in such program who provide primary 
health services in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally- 
Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health 
Programs (as those terms are defined by the Secretary), not-
withstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under 
section 333(b) of such Act: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of the previous two provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of 
the PHS Act shall be applied as if the term ‘‘primary health 
services’’ includes clinical substance use disorder treatment 
services, including those provided by masters level, licensed 
substance use disorder treatment counselors: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$6,000,000 shall be available to make grants to establish, ex-
pand, or maintain optional community-based nurse practi-
tioner fellowship programs that are accredited or in the ac-
creditation process, with a preference for those in Federally 
Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse 
practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided
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further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for activi-
ties under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That the United States may recover liquidated damages in an 
amount determined by the formula under section 338E(c)(1) 
of the PHS Act if an individual either fails to begin or com-
plete the service obligated by a contract under section 775(b) 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That for purposes of sec-
tion 775(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary may include 
other mental and behavioral health disciplines as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may terminate a contract entered into under section 
775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated in sec-
tion 206 of this title for fiscal year 2024 contracts entered 
into under section 338B of the PHS Act. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, 
$60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for grants 
to public institutions of higher education to expand or sup-
port graduate education for physicians provided by such insti-
tutions, including funding for infrastructure development, 
maintenance, equipment, and minor renovations or alter-
ations: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to public institutions of higher edu-
cation located in States with a projected primary care pro-
vider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
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ther, That grants so awarded are limited to such public insti-
tutions of higher education in States in the top quintile of 
States with a projected primary care provider shortage, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the min-
imum amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution 
shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, 
That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to exceed 
5 years: Provided further, That such a grant awarded with re-
spect to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a 
matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount 
that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Fed-
eral funds provided in the grant to such institution with re-
spect to such year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and title 
V of the Social Security Act, $1,170,430,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act, not more than $210,116,000 shall be avail-
able for carrying out special projects of regional and national 
significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and 
$10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.
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RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
spect 
to 
the 
Ryan 
White 
HIV/AIDS 
program, 
$2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain avail-
able to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, for parts 
A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not 
less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assist-
ance Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) 
of such Act; and of which $165,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available to the Secretary for car-
rying out a program of grants and contracts under title 
XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending the 
nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued 
under such section 311(c) administered in conjunction with 
title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limitation on ad-
ministrative expenses. 
HEALTH SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Thera-
peutic and Research Act of 2005, $122,009,000, of which 
$122,000 shall be available until expended for facility renova-
tions and other facilities-related expenses of the National 
Hansen’s Disease Program.
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RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, $364,607,000, of which 
$64,277,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for car-
rying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants pro-
gram: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, up to 
$20,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and 
adoption of health information technology, no less than 
$5,000,000 shall be available to award grants to public or 
non-profit private entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital 
Technical Assistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, 
with funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) 
available for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 
services and other efforts to improve health care coordination 
for rural veterans between rural providers and the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall 
be available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided fur-
ther, That $12,700,000 shall remain available through Sep-
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tember 30, 2026, to support the Rural Residency Develop-
ment Program: Provided further, That $145,000,000 shall be 
for the Rural Communities Opioids Response Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
$286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said 
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, 
that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that 
such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (includ-
ing the publication or distribution of literature) that in any 
way tends to promote public support or opposition to any leg-
islative proposal or candidate for public office. 
HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 
Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act 
for the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
$1,110,376,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be for expenses 
necessary for the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, 
including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for 
the advancement of telehealth activities: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used to supplement 
program support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Pri-
mary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and
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Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health 
Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $890,788,000 
shall be used for the projects financing the construction and 
renovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa-
cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 
support health-related activities, including training and infor-
mation technology, and in the amounts specified in the table 
titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory state-
ment 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 the pre-
ceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act 
or section 205 of this Act. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may 
be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury 
or death with respect to vaccines administered after Sep-
tember 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the 
PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary.
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COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 
For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and sec-
tion 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, with respect to immunization 
and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually 
transmitted 
diseases, 
and 
tuberculosis 
prevention, 
$1,391,056,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $708,272,000: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay for 
the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related 
costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or 
State quarantine law.
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CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 
of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion, $1,192,647,000: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading may be available for mak-
ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less 
than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That the proportional funding requirements under sec-
tion 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, 
disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $711,553,000: Pro-
vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$42,944,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 
of the PHS Act for health statistics. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to environmental health, $191,850,000.
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INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to injury prevention and control, $761,379,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of 
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the 
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and 
sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$362,800,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available consistent with the provi-
sion regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of 
division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: (1) 
$128,921,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2025 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) $293,200,000
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shall remain available through September 30, 2026 for global 
public health protection: Provided, That funds may be used 
for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in for-
eign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-
sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities re-
lated to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 
and chemical threats to civilian populations, $938,200,000: 
Provided, That the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) or 
the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry may detail staff without reimbursement to 
support an activation of the CDC Emergency Operations 
Center, so long as the Director or Administrator, as applica-
ble, provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 
of the use of this authority, a full report within 30 days after 
use of this authority which includes the number of staff and 
funding level broken down by the originating center and num-
ber of days detailed, and an update of such report every 180 
days until staff are no longer on detail without reimburse-
ment to the CDC Emergency Operations Center.
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds made available to this account in this 
or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition of real 
property or for construction or improvement of facilities shall 
be available to make improvements on non-federally owned 
property, provided that any improvements that are not adja-
cent to federally owned property do not exceed $2,500,000, 
and that the primary benefit of such improvements accrues 
to CDC: Provided further, That funds previously set-aside by 
CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental 
Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement 
mine safety research facility: Provided further, That funds 
made available to this account in this or any prior Act that 
are available for the acquisition of real property or for con-
struction or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the 
new replacement mine safety research facility shall be avail-
able to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 
provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to fed-
erally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided 
further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated balance 
of any amounts assigned to former employees in accounts of
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CDC made available for Individual Learning Accounts shall 
be credited to and merged with the amounts made available 
under this heading to support the replacement of the mine 
safety research facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and sec-
tion 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and 
program support for activities funded in other appropriations 
included in this Act for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, $503,570,000, of which $350,000,000 shall re-
main available through September 30, 2025, for public health 
infrastructure and capacity: Provided, That paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act 
shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and 
in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available to the 
Director of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases 
Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 of 
division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to sup-
port a contract for the operation and maintenance of an air-
craft in direct support of activities throughout CDC to ensure 
the agency is prepared to address public health preparedness
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emergencies: Provided further, That employees of CDC or the 
Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned offi-
cers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 
under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas 
assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for 
reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any 
personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS 
during the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, 
That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts appro-
priated to CDC in this Act for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses when specifically approved by the Direc-
tor of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 
may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 
authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and 
the Respirator Certification Program shall be available 
through September 30, 2025. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $7,224,159,000, of which up to 
$30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve-
ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally
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Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, 
Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$520,163,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
$2,310,721,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND 
STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$2,603,925,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$6,562,279,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to general medical sciences, $3,244,679,000, 
of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from funds available under 
section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That not less than 
$430,956,000 is provided for the Institutional Development 
Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,759,078,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$896,549,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
environmental 
health 
sciences, 
$913,979,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $4,507,623,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL 
AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $685,465,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $534,333,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
alcohol 
abuse 
and 
alcoholism, 
$595,318,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to human genome research, $663,200,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering re-
search, $440,627,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE 
HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$170,384,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities re-
search, $534,395,000.
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JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title 
IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That in 
fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may enter 
into personal services contracts for the provision of services 
in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the juris-
diction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: Pro-
vided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to implement sec-
tion 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration 
Network: Provided further, That at least $629,560,000 is 
provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards 
program.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, NIH, $2,592,914,000: Provided, That funding shall 
be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That 
all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall re-
main available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in 
which 
they 
are 
deposited: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on 
Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 
$672,401,000 shall be available for the Common Fund estab-
lished under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses when specifically 
approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided further, That 
the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director 
of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for 
construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in sec-
tion 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
$80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of the 
PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and behav-
ioral research facilities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant pro-
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grams and operations of the NIH, including agency efforts to 
ensure the integrity of its grant application evaluation and 
selection processes, and shall be in addition to funds other-
wise made available for oversight of the NIH: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading are 
also available to establish, operate, and support the Research 
Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Cen-
tury Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Office of Research on Wom-
en’s Health shall also be available for making grants to serve 
and promote the interests of women in research, and the Di-
rector of such Office may, in making such grants, use the au-
thorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common 
Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, 
$12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 
10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in sec-
tion 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9008), 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
carrying 
out 
section 
402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re-
search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Re-
search Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used
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by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the ap-
propriations provided to the NIH in this Act, $407,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of 
such Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under 
section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health to other ac-
counts of the National Institutes of Health solely for the pur-
poses provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a de-
termination by the Director that funds transferred pursuant 
to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes 
provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac-
count: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV of 
the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects for
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health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act 
with respect to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT 
for Patients and Communities Act, $2,775,507,000: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$98,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress 
Initiative: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car-
rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out sec-
tion 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition 
to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of 
part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) 
technical assistance, national data, data collection and evalua-
tion activities, and further that the total available under this 
Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title 
XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for subpart I of part B of title XIX of 
the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be available to support
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evidence-based crisis systems: Provided further, That up to 10 
percent of the amounts made available to carry out the Chil-
dren’s Mental Health Services program may be used to carry 
out demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions 
with persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high 
risk of developing a first episode of psychosis: Provided fur-
ther, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply 
to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Pro-
vided further, That $385,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026 for grants to communities and community 
organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community Be-
havioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public 
Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to sec-
tion 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to 
carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven-
tion, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the 
SUPPORT 
for 
Patients 
and 
Communities 
Act, 
$4,078,098,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for
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carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: 
Provided further, That of such amount in the preceding pro-
viso not less than 4 percent shall be made available to Indian 
Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall 
be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) 
$79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, 
national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and 
further that the total available under this Act for section 
1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts 
appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) 
$2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for section 
1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall 
be subject to section 241 of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of 
the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Individ-
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uals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $210,245,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$72,090,000 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 the preceding proviso shall be sub-
ject to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided here-
in, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out national 
surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and ana-
lyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and tech-
nical assistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, 
fees may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data 
tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of the 
PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity upon re-
quest, which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall 
remain available until expended for such purposes: Provided 
further, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying 
out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds
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made available under this heading (other than amounts speci-
fied in the first proviso under this heading) may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, 
and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part 
A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod-
ernization Act of 2003, $369,000,000: Provided, That section 
947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2024: 
Provided further, That in addition, amounts received from 
Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and inter-
agency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to 
this appropriation and shall remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 
2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici-
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pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in 
effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such 
quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter. 
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 
1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 
278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative ex-
penses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Se-
curity Act, $476,725,000,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of 
the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in budget 
estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII
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and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improve-
ment Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not to exceed 
$3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-
ical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) 
of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected 
in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security 
Act, and such sums as may be collected from authorized user 
fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided, That all 
funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from orga-
nizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall 
be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-
rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare Ad-
vantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the 
Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk- 
sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to 
section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, $397,334,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall be 
available for the Survey and Certification Program: Provided
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further, That amounts available under this heading to support 
quality improvement organizations (as defined in section 
1152 of the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount 
specifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115–141). 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for program 
integrity and program management, $915,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025, to be transferred from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 
by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which 
$675,058,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid 
Services 
program 
integrity 
activities, 
of 
which 
$107,735,000 shall be for the Department of Health and 
Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out 
fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) 
of such Act, and of which $132,207,000 shall be for the De-
partment of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities 
authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That 
the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Secu-
rity Act for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of the 
operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 
in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds
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provided by this appropriation: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is pro-
vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and $604,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for 
additional health care fraud and abuse control activities: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than 
$35,000,000 from amounts made available under this head-
ing and amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 under 
section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Sen-
ior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 
abuse. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, 
IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 
the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain available 
until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July
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5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for 
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such 
sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of 
section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $4,025,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, 
not more than $9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary 
for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program 
activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and 
procedures, and to supplement funding otherwise available for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Act, and 
the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 
section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with 
private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations: 
Provided further, That all but $897,348,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be allocated as though 
the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 
2024 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, 
after applying all applicable provisions of section 2604 of 
such Act and the previous proviso, each State or territory 
that would otherwise receive an allocation that is less than 97 
percent of the amount that it received under this heading for 
fiscal year 2023 from amounts appropriated in both division
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H and in the second paragraph under this heading in title 
VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 shall have its allo-
cation increased to that 97 percent level, with the portions of 
other States’ and territories’ allocations that would exceed 
100 percent of the amounts they respectively received in such 
fashion for fiscal year 2023 being ratably reduced. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-
thorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief Act 
of 1998, $6,327,214,000, of which $6,277,459,000 shall re-
main available through September 30, 2026 for carrying out 
such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the TVPA 
shall also be available for research and evaluation with re-
spect to activities under such Act: Provided further, That the 
limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding transfers in-
creasing any appropriation shall apply to transfers to appro-
priations under this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for
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‘‘3 percent’’: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 
requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fiscal 
year 2024 that the number of unaccompanied children re-
ferred to the Department of Health and Human Services pur-
suant to section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 exceeds 16,000, 
as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, an additional $15,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, shall be made available for obligation 
for every 500 unaccompanied children above that level (in-
cluding a pro rata amount for any increment less than 500), 
for carrying out such sections 462 and 235: Provided further, 
That if less than $65,000,000 has been made available pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso as of September 15, 2024, then 
the difference between $65,000,000 and the amount made 
available pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for carrying 
out such sections 462 and 235.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $8,746,387,000 shall be 
used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds 
for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, 
That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such 
Act may be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: 
Provided further, That all funds made available to carry out 
section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), in-
cluding funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 
418 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-
ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of sec-
tion 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, That in 
addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the Sec-
retary 
under 
section 
658O(a)(2)(A) 
of 
such 
Act, 
$236,152,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 per-
cent for Federal administrative expenses. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of
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such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant 
to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Run-
away and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Act, the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption op-
portunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); 
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out titles 
I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security 
Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home En-
ergy Assistance Act of 1981, $14,829,100,000, of which 
$75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 
guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 473A 
of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions 
and legal guardianships completed before September 30, 
2024: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall be for making 
payments under the Head Start Act, including for Early
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Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, notwith-
standing section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $275,000,000 shall be available for a cost of liv-
ing adjustment, and with respect to any continuing ap-
propriations act, funding available for a cost of living ad-
justment shall not be construed as an authority or condi-
tion under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by 
the Secretary to supplement activities described in para-
graphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head 
Start Act under the Designation Renewal System, estab-
lished under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 
645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and such funds 
shall not be included in the calculation of ‘‘base grant’’ 
in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in sec-
tion 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 
(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Col-
leges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program 
consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; and 
(4) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, and 
Federal administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reserva-
tion of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu 
of reducing the reservation of funds under sections
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640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: 
Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be available until 
December 31, 2024 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 
of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That up 
to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall be 
available for technical assistance and evaluation related to 
grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided further, 
That $804,383,000 shall be for making payments under the 
CSBG Act: Provided further, That for services furnished 
under the CSBG Act with funds made available for such pur-
pose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2023, States may 
apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act 
by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided 
further, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 
CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be for 
section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall be for 
section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the ex-
tent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed 
as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided 
under such Act, and have not been expended by such entity, 
they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next 
fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with pro-
gram purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall es-
tablish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible as-
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sets and program income that permit such assets acquired 
with, and program income derived from, grant funds author-
ized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole 
property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 
years after the end of the grant period for any activity con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity in-
vestments and other debt instruments, and program income 
may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent 
with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, 
That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made 
available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act 
shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation 
and loans or investments in private business enterprises 
owned by community development corporations: Provided fur-
ther, That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 
303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 
of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding sec-
tion 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of 
such Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 
section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a 
human services case management system for federally de-
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clared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 
management contract and Federal costs of administering the 
system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information Sys-
tem, including grants to States to support data collection for 
a study of the system’s effectiveness: Provided further, That 
$40,011,000 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 the preceding proviso shall be sub-
ject to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car-
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to 
carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con-
sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available to carry out section 
437, to assist in meeting the requirements described in sec-
tion 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 shall be for grants to each 
State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV–E plans
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for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator 
programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of such Act and 
$2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated in 
section 476 for such purposes, shall be for the Family First 
Clearinghouse and to support evaluation and technical assist-
ance relating to the evaluation of child and family services: 
Provided further, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to 
amounts in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ 
for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 
such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab-
lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria speci-
fied in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the res-
ervation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 
437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second pro-
viso: Provided further, That the minimum grant award for 
kinship navigator programs in the case of States and terri-
tories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be 
$25,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2025, $3,400,000,000.
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For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the cur-
rent fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the cur-
rent fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE Fam-
ily Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sec-
tions 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 of the 
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 
2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 
parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, ti-
tles II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) 
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide 
coordination of policy and program activities that assist indi-
viduals with disabilities, $2,465,100,000, together with 
$55,242,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omni-
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bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 
amounts made available under this heading to carry out sec-
tions 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of 
such amounts shall be available for developing and imple-
menting evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutri-
tion, including medically-tailored meals: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds 
made available under this heading to carry out section 311 
of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agri-
culture in accordance with such section: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for adult protec-
tive services grants under section 2042 of title XX of the So-
cial Security Act may be used to make grants to Tribes and 
tribal organizations: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall 
be for competitive grants to support alternative financing 
programs that provide for the purchase of assistive tech-
nology devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest 
buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; 
or an insurance program: Provided further, That applicants 
shall provide an assurance that, and information describing 
the manner in which, the alternative financing program will 
expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided 
further, That State agencies and community-based disability 
organizations that are directed by and operated for individ-
uals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided
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further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in sec-
tion 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 
any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an 
individual or group of individuals with a developmental dis-
ability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental 
Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 
(20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a mental im-
pairment (or a combination of mental and physical impair-
ments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of State 
operated intermediate care facilities for people with intellec-
tual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable public no-
tice of the action has been provided to such individuals (or, 
in the case of mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who 
have been specifically awarded authority by the courts to 
make healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such 
individuals) who are affected by such action, within 90 days 
of instituting such legal action, which informs such individ-
uals (or such legal guardians) of their legal rights and how 
to exercise such rights consistent with current Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure: Provided further, That the limitations in 
the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case 
of an individual who is neither competent to consent nor has 
a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of
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individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public 
guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $29,268,000 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 state-
ment 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 the pre-
ceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act 
or section 205 of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND 
RESPONSE 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 
For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of title 
XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, devel-
opment, storage, production, and procurement of medical 
countermeasures to counter potential chemical, biological, ra-
diological, and nuclear threats to civilian populations, 
$3,135,000,000: Provided, That of such amount: 
(1) $1,015,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2025, shall be for expenses necessary to 
support advanced research and development pursuant to 
section 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative
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expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and De-
velopment Authority; 
(2) $825,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for expenses necessary for procuring se-
curity countermeasures (as defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 
(3) $980,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry out sec-
tion 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 
(4) $315,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, of 
which $280,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for activities including the development and pur-
chase of vaccines, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and surveillance tools: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds allo-
cated under this paragraph may be used for the con-
struction or renovation of privately owned facilities for 
the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other 
biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or ren-
ovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 
vaccines or biologics: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading for 
purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be 
in addition to any other funds made available for such pur-
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poses: Provided further, That products purchased with funds 
made available under this heading may, at the discretion of 
the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stock-
pile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act. 
OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and B 
of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emergency 
response activities related to countering potential chemical, 
biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and other public 
health emergencies, $499,606,000: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2026, to support 
emergency operations: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025, to support coordina-
tion of the development, production, and distribution of vac-
cines, therapeutics, and other medical countermeasures: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025, for advanced research and development, manufac-
turing, production, procurement, distribution, and the acqui-
sition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally 
owned facilities for the production and purchase of medical 
countermeasures, which may include the development, trans-
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lation, and demonstration at scale of innovations in manufac-
turing platform. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for gen-
eral departmental management, including hire of six pas-
senger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, 
XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United States- 
Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies 
under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $537,144,000, 
together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available under 
section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or 
human services research and evaluation activities: Provided, 
That of this amount, $60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS 
prevention and treatment activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $101,000,000 
shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to pub-
lic and private entities to fund medically accurate and age ap-
propriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 
Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating 
such contracts and grants, of which not more than 10 percent 
of the available funds shall be for training and technical as-
sistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional program sup-
port activities, and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall 
be for replicating programs that have been proven effective
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through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, be-
havioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other 
associated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for 
research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re-
fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for 
preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading from amounts available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evalua-
tions) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which ex-
clusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance (de-
fined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual activ-
ity): Provided further, That funding for such competitive 
grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically accurate 
information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by edu-
cational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; im-
plement an evidence-based approach integrating research 
findings with practical implementation that aligns with the 
needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and 
teach the benefits associated with self-regulation, success se-
quencing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal 
setting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and 
other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or illicit
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drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided 
further, That no more than 10 percent of the funding for 
such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be 
available for technical assistance and administrative costs of 
such programs: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 
individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 
mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv-
ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competi-
tions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate 
innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kid-
ney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3719)). 
In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title II 
of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided, ac-
tivities related to safeguarding classified national security in-
formation and providing intelligence and national security 
support across the Department and to counter cybersecurity 
threats to civilian populations, $108,983,000.
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MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and ap-
peals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025, to be transferred 
in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur-
ance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of interoperable health information 
technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts made avail-
able under section 241 of the PHS Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for inves-
tigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing pro-
tective services to the Secretary and investigating non-pay-
ment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Fed-
eral offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, necessary sums
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shall be available for carrying out activities authorized under 
section 3022 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$39,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protec-
tion Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of 
dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ 
Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during 
the current fiscal year. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be avail-
able for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses when specifically approved by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a 
grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of 
Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH from
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paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an individual at 
this rate. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by 
the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for pro-
grams authorized under such Act shall be made available for 
the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and the 
implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in this 
title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the cur-
rent fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred be-
tween appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section
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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 Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are no-
tified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of 
a contract awarded in fiscal year 2024 under section 338B 
of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been 
awarded such contract has not received funds due under the 
contract. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS 
Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Sec-
retary that it encourages family participation in the decision 
of minors to seek family planning services and that it pro-
vides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce 
minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest.
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SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Sec-
retary denies participation in such program to an otherwise 
eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) 
because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not pro-
vide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appro-
priate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to 
such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the 
expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enroll-
ees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for 
such services and a Medicare Advantage organization de-
scribed in this section shall be responsible for informing en-
rollees where to obtain information about all Medicare cov-
ered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun 
control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the 
Agency for International Development, the United Nations
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International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World 
Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health 
activities abroad during fiscal year 2024: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent 
to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 
The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State 
and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the author-
ity provided in this section is exercised in a manner con-
sistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the 
Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of 
State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisi-
tion, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of 
facilities outside of the United States for the use of 
HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully 
with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has secure, safe, 
functional facilities that comply with applicable regula-
tion governing location, setback, and other facilities re-
quirements and serve the purposes established by this
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Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative 
agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit pri-
vate institutions or agencies in participating foreign 
countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate fa-
cilities in those countries as necessary to conduct pro-
grams of assistance for international health activities, in-
cluding activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-
tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and 
other health activities abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to per-
sonnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve 
abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided 
under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and subject to 
such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The Sec-
retary is further authorized to provide locality-based 
comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to 
the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such 
personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in the 
District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel 
under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that 
provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5,
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United States Code, or section 903 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign 
Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Di-
rector of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 
3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for re-
search pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act for 
NIH, the amount for research related to the human immuno-
deficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH 
and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be 
made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. 
The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer 
from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) may use 
funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act 
to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative
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agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursu-
ant to or research and activities described in such section 
402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions under 
subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review pro-
cedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific ex-
perts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain 
assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures 
shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and 
advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be 
required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 
406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, 
or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and 
efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to 
exceed $5,000,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the Ad-
ministrator of the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion to make NRSA awards for research in primary medical 
care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received
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grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the 
PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for 
NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards 
for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program years, 
for purchase of research services or of security counter-
measures, as that term is defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) 
of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in ef-
fect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with a 
necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year con-
tract will serve the best interests of the Federal Govern-
ment by encouraging full and open competition or pro-
moting economy in administration, performance, and op-
eration of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section—
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(1) shall include a termination clause as described 
by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United 
States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2025 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise car-
rying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments 
made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal 
year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 
by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 
ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 
shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a state-
ment indicating the program, project, or activity receiv-
ing such funds, the Federal operating division or office 
that administers such program, and the amount of fund-
ing received in discretionary or mandatory appropria-
tions.
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(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full- 
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
signed to each authorized and funded provision detailed 
in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
clude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations enacted in 
laws other than the ACA and work on programs that ex-
isted prior to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on ac-
tivities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is 
not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price 
contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fis-
cal year 2025 budget of the President submitted under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information that 
details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insurance Ex-
changes for each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA 
and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2025. 
Such information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the 
amount of funds used for each activity specified under the 
heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Transparency’’ in the
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explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Fed-
eral Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or trans-
ferred from other accounts funded by this Act to the ‘‘Cen-
ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program Manage-
ment’’ account, may be used for payments under section 
1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk cor-
ridors). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 
4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts 
specified, and for the activities specified under the heading 
‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under sec-
tion 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without 
reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2026, any provision
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of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an-
other provision of law) to the current recommendations of the 
United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to 
breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall 
be administered by the Secretary involved as if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommendations 
were a reference to the recommendations of such Task 
Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammog-
raphy, and prevention last issued before 2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
applied to any screening mammography modality under 
section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue to 
apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same extent 
and in the same manner as such provisions were applied in 
the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds ap-
propriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Health and Human Services or to any 
department or agency may be used to develop or implement 
a modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or 
substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval of such
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deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional ef-
fect of such approvals in such quarter. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 
opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and ad-
diction, pain management, and addiction treatment to other 
Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the same 
purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That the transfer authority provided in the pre-
vious proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments 
during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under section 
330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in advance
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of any public release of enrollment information or the award 
of such grants. 
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise available 
for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program 
Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support 
program management activity related to the Medicare Pro-
gram: Provided, That except for the foregoing purpose, such 
funds may not be used to support any provision of Public 
Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any amendment 
made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other 
amounts within such account. 
SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 
days after enactment of this Act on staffing described in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are avail-
able for salaries and expenses of employees of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services shall also be available 
to pay travel and related expenses of such an employee or of 
a member of his or her family, when such employee is as-
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signed to duty, in the United States or in a U.S. territory, 
during a period and in a location that are the subject of a 
determination of a public health emergency under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act and such travel is necessary 
to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical condi-
tion that cannot be adequately addressed in that location at 
that time. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. terri-
tory’’ means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices may accept donations from the private sector, nongovern-
mental organizations, and other groups independent of the 
Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Of-
fice of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families, including medical goods and services, 
which may include early childhood developmental screenings, 
school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other items intended 
to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee 
and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated to a grantee or
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contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as such 
term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility that 
is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, except in the case that the Secretary determines that 
housing unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is 
necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx of such chil-
dren or an emergency, provided that— 
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the oper-
ations of any such facility that remains in operation for 
more than six consecutive months shall require compli-
ance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed place-
ments, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settle-
ment Agreement that the Secretary determines are 
applicable to non-State licensed facilities; and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth 
during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth Care 
Worker for every sixteen (16) children or youth 
during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios to chil-
dren (including mental health providers) as required 
in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a 
contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with paragraph
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(1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a report to 
Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good-faith ef-
forts and progress towards compliance; 
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under 
paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee 
with respect to a specific facility; 
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the moni-
toring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Poli-
cies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for 
more than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct 
a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring visit during 
the first three months of operation, with quarterly moni-
toring visits thereafter; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for influx fa-
cilities including any requirement listed in paragraph 
(1)(A) that the Secretary has determined are not appli-
cable to non-State licensed facilities. 
SEC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional noti-
fication for formal site assessments of potential influx facili-
ties, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least
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15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facility, and 
shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided or soft- 
sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that, in the ab-
sence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is that unac-
companied alien children will remain in the custody of the 
Department of Homeland Security for longer than 72 hours 
or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise placed 
in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, 
and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report detailing the total number of 
children in care at the facility, the average length of stay and 
average length of care of children at the facility, and, for any 
child that has been at the facility for more than 60 days, 
their length of stay and reason for delay in release. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member 
of the House of Representatives from entering, for the pur-
pose of conducting oversight, any facility in the United States 
used for the purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise 
housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 
462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator or Member has co-
ordinated the oversight visit with the Office of Refugee Reset-
tlement not less than two business days in advance to ensure
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that such visit would not interfere with the operations (in-
cluding child welfare and child safety operations) of such fa-
cility. 
SEC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly 
available online, a report with respect to children who were 
separated from their parents or legal guardians by the De-
partment of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of wheth-
er or not such separation was pursuant to an option selected 
by the children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classi-
fied as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the 
care and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each 
report shall contain the following information: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated 
subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of entry, 
to be reported by sector where separation occurred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported 
by DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are avail-
able for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall also be available for the 
primary and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of 
personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as defined in section
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229 of this Act at costs not in excess of those paid for or 
reimbursed by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 236. Section 231 of division B of the Department 
of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 247d–4a) is amended by 
striking the fifth, sixth, and seventh provisos and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Provided further, That the Director shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, at least 7 days in advance 
of any transfer or obligation of funds made under the author-
ity provided in this section, both a notification on the antici-
pated uses of funds by program, project, or activity; and a 
detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds, including es-
timated personnel and administrative costs, disaggregated by 
program, project, or activity: Provided further, That such 
spend plans shall be updated to include all applicable obliga-
tions to date and unobligated amounts and submitted quar-
terly to such Committees on Appropriations until such funds 
are fully expended:’’. 
SEC. 237. Title VIII of division B of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended, under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention—CDC-Wide Activities and Pro-
gram Support’’ by striking the ninth proviso.
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SEC. 238. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there-
after, notwithstanding the income eligibility requirements of 
subsections (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) 
of section 645 of the Head Start Act and income eligibility 
criteria and allowances prescribed in regulations, an Indian 
tribe that operates a Head Start program may, at its discre-
tion, establish selection criteria, including criteria to prioritize 
children in families for which a child, a family member, or 
a member of the same household, is a member of an Indian 
tribe, to enroll children who would benefit from the Head 
Start program. 
SEC. 239. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there-
after, notwithstanding the income eligibility requirements of 
subsection (a) of section 645 of the Head Start Act and in-
come eligibility criteria and allowances prescribed in regula-
tions, an agency that operates a migrant or seasonal Head 
Start program may, at its discretion, establish selection cri-
teria to enroll children who would benefit from the Head 
Start program, giving priority to children of migrant farm-
worker families: Provided, That such selection criteria shall 
limit that enrollment to children who have at least one family 
member whose income comes primarily from agricultural em-
ployment as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802).
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of divi-
sion G of Public Law 110–161, $1,250,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 241. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Administration for Children and Fam-
ilies—Children and Families Services Programs’’ in division 
H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328) for grants to States for incentive payments, as de-
fined by section 473A of the Social Security Act, 
$70,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title 
II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as 
‘‘HEA’’), $19,107,790,000, of which $8,179,490,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025, and of which $10,841,177,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025, for academic year 
2024–2025: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic 
grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to 
the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) on October 1, 2023, to obtain annually updated local 
educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau 
of the Census: Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall 
be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That $5,292,550,000 shall be for 
targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That $5,292,550,000 shall be for education finance 
incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart
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2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to fed-
erally affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, 
$1,625,151,000, of which $1,474,000,000 shall be for basic 
support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall 
be for payments for children with disabilities under section 
7003(d), $19,000,000 shall be for construction under section 
7007(a), $79,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments 
under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 
7008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount 
of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under 
section 7003(a) for school year 2023–2024, children enrolled 
in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 
for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 
due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or 
a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such chil-
dren, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guard-
ian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on 
Federal property as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are 
no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as 
eligible students under such section, provided such students 
remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same
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local educational agency they attended prior to their change 
in eligibility 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 Educational 
Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, $5,776,178,000, of which $3,947,312,000 shall be-
come available on July 1, 2024, and remain available through 
September 30, 2025, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall be-
come 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 further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part 
B of title VI, which may be used for construction, renovation, 
and modernization of any public elementary school, secondary 
school, or structure related to a public elementary school or 
secondary school that serves a predominantly Native Hawai-
ian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 
6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of title
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VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may 
be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 
section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for adminis-
trative purposes shall apply only to direct administrative 
costs: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-
ance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such arrange-
ments as determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bu-
reau 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 provided 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 expendi-
ture by educational agencies and institutions for an addi-
tional fiscal year following the succeeding fiscal year provided 
by subsection 421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions 
Act. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA,
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$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 sub-
parts 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 available 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 re-
main available through March 31, 2025, to carry out section
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4305(b), from which the amount necessary for continuation 
grants may be available for obligation through March 31, 
2025, and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activi-
ties in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 4601(b), $259,000,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2024 for subpart 1 of part F of title 
IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for subpart 
4 of part F of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 shall be used 
for continuation grants for eligible national nonprofit organi-
zations, 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 Violence 
(Project 
SERV) 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$150,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: Provided 
further, That $91,000,000 shall be for section 4624.
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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 Edu-
cation Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Em-
powerment 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 fis-
cal year 2023, increased by the amount of inflation as speci-
fied in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent 
change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the 
IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity during 
fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to
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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), accord-
ing 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 disabilities for whom the 
State ensures the availability of a free appropriate public 
education under this part, and 15 percent to States on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of those children who 
are living in poverty: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may not distribute any funds under the previous proviso to 
any State whose reduction in allocation from funds appro-
priated under this heading made funds available for such a 
distribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 
such funds distributed under the second proviso to local edu-
cational 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 provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent 
year shall not be considered in calculating the awards under 
section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fis-
cal years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in