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 
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, $143,410,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the provi-
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sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec-
tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 
apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 
That payments and contributions collected and accepted 
for materials or services provided as part of such activities 
may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi-
ties, and for providing information to the public with re-
spect to the export administration and national security 
activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex-
port control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 
grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3722 and 3723), as amended, $382,500,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, 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 
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years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $50,610,000: Provided, That funds provided under 
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 Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprises, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $70,023,000. 
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, $120,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $309,865,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses 
and 
programs 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$1,132,537,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That within the 
amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-
sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the Bureau of the Census. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
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ministration (NTIA), $89,531,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023; of which $26,700,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the purposes of an ad-
vanced communications research site: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Com-
merce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in 
spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related 
services, and such fees shall be retained and used as off-
setting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use 
as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
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. 
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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, $3,993,851,000, 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 
2022, so as to result in a fiscal year 2022 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2022, should the total amount of 
such offsetting collections be less than $3,993,851,000, 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur-
ther, 
That 
any 
amount 
received 
in 
excess 
of 
$3,993,851,000 in fiscal year 2022 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 
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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 2023 
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 
rule or regulation in offsetting collections of fees and sur-
charges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any 
law in either fiscal year 2022 or fiscal year 2023: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2022 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2022 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 
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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 
accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 
the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 
series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 
for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im-
puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli-
cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col-
lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 
to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 
amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-
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sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $937,570,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 
summer undergraduate research fellowship program par-
ticipants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology 
services, $331,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $275,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 
$56,500,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro-
gram (formerly known as the National Network for Manu-
facturing Innovation). 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
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and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 
year 2023 that the Secretary submits to Congress in sup-
port of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub-
mitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 
each National Institute of Standards and Technology con-
struction project having a total multi-year program cost 
of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget 
justification materials shall include an estimate of the 
budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 
the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries manage-
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