TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract-
ing, and retaining business investment in the United 
States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 
abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 
agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 
United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 
3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 
for dependent members of immediate families of employees 
stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over-
seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter-
national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 
without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 
Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 
aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 
periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem-
porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 
payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 
first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 
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Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 
exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 
use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to ex-
ceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without 
regard to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining 
insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 
$629,876,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2024: 
Provided, 
That 
$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 
used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-
ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti-
dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli-
ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-
rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 
Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in-
clude payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities: Provided further, That, of amounts 
provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended, shall be for the purpose of car-
rying out a pilot fellowship program of the United States 
Commercial Service under which the Secretary of Com-
merce may make competitive grants to appropriate institu-
tions of higher education or students to increase the level 
of knowledge and awareness of, and interest in employ-
ment with, that Service among minority students: Pro-
vided further, That any grants awarded under such pro-
gram shall be made pursuant to regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary, which shall require as a condition 
of the initial receipt of grant funds, a commitment by pro-
spective grantees to accept full-time employment in the 
Global Markets unit of the International Trade Adminis-
tration upon the completion of participation in the pro-
gram. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
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the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 
of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 
Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 
seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 
15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $191,389,000, of 
which $75,800,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec-
tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac-
tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro-
vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 
in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Depart-
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ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 
the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For economic development assistance as provided by 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722 and 
3723), as amended, $445,000,000 to remain available 
until expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants 
under such section 27 and $4,500,000 shall be for grants 
under such section 28: Provided, That of the amounts pro-
vided under this heading, $70,000,000 shall be for grants 
to support local labor markets and local communities expe-
riencing high prime-age employment gaps: Provided fur-
ther, That any deviation from the amounts designated for 
specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, or 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro-
cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $65,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under 
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this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 
of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 
and 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722 and 3723), as amended; and 
the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De-
velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 
minority business enterprises, as authorized by the Minor-
ity Business Development Act of 2021 (division K of Pub-
lic Law 117–58), $73,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $132,320,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $336,176,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
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vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses 
and 
programs 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$1,169,294,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $62,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis and operations, and related 
services and such fees shall be retained and used as offset-
ting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
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transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated are available for the administration of all open 
grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-
cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 
of the USPTO, $4,253,404,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-
tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 
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2023, so as to result in a fiscal year 2023 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2023, should the total amount of 
such offsetting collections be less than $4,253,404,000, 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur-
ther, 
That 
any 
amount 
received 
in 
excess 
of 
$4,253,404,000 in fiscal year 2023 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 
as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac-
cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That the 
budget of the President submitted for fiscal year 2024 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
include within amounts provided under this heading for 
necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that are 
expected to result from an increase promulgated through 
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rule or regulation in offsetting collections of fees and sur-
charges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any 
law in either fiscal year 2023 or fiscal year 2024: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2023 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2023 from the amounts made 
available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 
amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 
employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec-
tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 
of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 
chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 
for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
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