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(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 Commodity Pur-
chases—$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the total funds 
made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 
remain unobligated on October 1, 2023, such unobligated 
balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2024 and shall 
remain available until expended for any of the purposes 
of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used 
in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed 
$350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Sec-
retary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Pro-
vided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
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penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
330 
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
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available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of 
such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
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priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; 
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 
these purposes. 
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair-
man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re-
ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-
tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
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modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
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gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
336 
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant and 
equipment, including equipment for the improvement, de-
livery, and implementation of Departmental financial 
management, information technology, and other support 
systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-
tive, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15,
337 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans.
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SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be available for the 
United States Department of Agriculture to propose, fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall 
establish a process under which an establishment in the 
Chesapeake Bay area that is subject to examination and 
inspection under section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act solely due to the establishment’s processing of domes-
tic, wild caught, invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), 
may apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection 
requirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 
under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control 
Points Program of the Food and Drug Administration and 
the establishment attests that it applies existing Seafood 
Hazard Critical Control Points Program for all species 
processed at the establishment. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and hol-
iday pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 
establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 
the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et 
seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et
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seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 
et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside 
of an establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for 
inspection services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, 
That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 
1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums 
received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 
addition to other available funds, remain available until 
expended to the Secretary without further appropriation 
for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 
inspections. 
SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices;
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(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm 
Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 
343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
SEC. 733. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to carry out any 
activities or incur any expense related to the issuance of 
licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B 
dealers who sell Random Source dogs and cats for use in 
research, experiments, teaching, or testing. 
SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized
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by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent.
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(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
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ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally rec-
ognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants under the following 
headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentrepreneur As-
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sistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service— 
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Pro-
gram’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per-
cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not-
withstanding any other provision regarding population 
limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 
that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 
population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen-
suses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average, or any territory or possession of the United 
States: Provided further, That with respect to specific ac-
tivities for which program levels have been made available 
by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 
the requirements of this section shall be applied to such 
program level. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
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edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023– 
2024, none of the funds made available by this Act may
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be used to implement or enforce the matter following the 
first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of sec-
tion 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 
respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under 
the school breakfast program established under section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or sec-
tion 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or out-
side the State in which the hemp is grown or cul-
tivated. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for grants under sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334. 
SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
to carry out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334.
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SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive 
the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 
to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, includ-
ing for project locations in additional regions and timely 
completion of required reporting to Congress. 
SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334, Farm-
ing Opportunities Training and Outreach.
348 
SEC. 748. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 749. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 750. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, ARS facilities as 
described in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Be-
tween the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 
(ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’ (16– 
6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by
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APHIS for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and 
its regulations and standards. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 752. For school year 2023–2024, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2022, shall be 
required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 
with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists rural 
hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial 
health by providing technical assistance through analysis 
of current hospital management practices.
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SEC. 754. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, 
shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assess-
ment research: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
such funds among appropriations of the Department of 
Agriculture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 755. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel to implement any ac-
tivities related to: 
(a) the permitting of non-recording of observed viola-
tions of the Animal Welfare Act or its regulations on offi-
cial inspection reports; or 
(b) the prioritizing of education or collaborative ap-
proaches to violations or noncompliance ahead of enforce-
ment under the Animal Welfare Act. 
SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to 
carry out section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 7209 of Public Law 
115–334. 
SEC. 757. For necessary expenses associated with 
cotton classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to in-
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clude equipment and facility upgrades, and in addition to 
any other funds made available for this purpose, there is 
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That amounts made available 
in this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees 
authorized under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 
1518, as amended (7 U.S.C. 55). 
SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds available to the Department of Agriculture 
may be used to move any staff office or any agency from 
the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 
2018, to any other mission area or office within the De-
partment in the absence of the enactment of specific legis-
lation affirming such move. 
SEC. 759. The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use 
funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for 
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program 
and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out 
pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency 
Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to 
section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such pro-
grams pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Secu-
352 
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 760. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining en-
tities eligible to receive assistance, consider those commu-
nities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, 
That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, 
and Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot 
program established by section 779 of Public Law 115– 
141 may be used for this purpose. 
SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $29,700,000 
for the Goodfellow Federal facility, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 
Service’’. 
SEC. 762. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
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(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 763. There is appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office 
of the Secretary’’, $5,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses, under such 
terms and conditions determined by the Secretary, related 
to testing soil, water, or agricultural products for per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of an 
agricultural producer, assisting agricultural producers af-
fected by PFAS contamination with costs related to miti-
gate the impacts to their operation that have resulted from 
such contamination and indemnifying agricultural pro-
ducers for the value of unmarketable crops, livestock, and 
other agricultural products related to PFAS contamina-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such as-
sistance to agricultural producers in states and territories 
that have established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in 
a food or agricultural product: Provided further, That, not 
later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 2023, the
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Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying 
the type, amount, and method of such assistance by state 
and territory and the status of the amounts obligated and 
plans for further expenditure, and include improvements 
that can be made to U.S. Department of Agriculture pro-
grams, either administratively or legislatively, to increase 
support for agricultural producers impacted by PFAS con-
tamination and to enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS 
uptake in crops and livestock and PFAS mitigation and 
remediation methods and disseminate such knowledge to 
agricultural producers. 
SEC. 764. Any future compliance date for any provi-
sion of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule en-
titled ‘‘Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; 
Final Rule To Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt 
and Nonfat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yo-
gurt’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 31117, June 11, 2021) for which the 
agency is exercising enforcement discretion or that is 
stayed as a result of objections timely filed under 21 
U.S.C. 371(e)(2), shall be established no earlier than Jan-
uary 1 of the year that is three years after either: 
(a) Final action upon such objection(s) is taken by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or 
(b) The party withdraws such objection(s).
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SEC. 765. In addition to the amount of reimburse-
ment for administrative and operating expenses available 
for crop insurance contracts described in subsection 
(a)(2)(F) of section III of the 2023 Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement (SRA) that cover agricultural commodities de-
scribed in section 101 of title I of the Specialty Crops 
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note), there 
is hereby appropriated $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to pay, with respect to such contracts for 
the 2021 reinsurance year, an amount that is equal to the 
difference between the amount to be paid pursuant to the 
SRA for the applicable reinsurance year and the amount 
that would be paid if such contracts were not subject to 
a reduction described in subsection (a)(2)(G) of section 
III of the SRA but subject to a reimbursement rate equal 
to 17.5 percent of the net book premium. 
SEC. 766. There is appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office 
of the Secretary’’, $10,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses to address as-
sistance for disasters occurring in calendar year 2022. 
SEC. 767. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2023, to provide relief payments for frontline grocery 
workers through the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief 
Grant Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to review or approve an application under 
section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) that is sub-
mitted by a sponsor located in Russia, unless such applica-
tion is for a drug that is intended to treat a serious or 
life-threatening condition and for which there is an unmet 
medical treatment need. 
SEC. 769. The Secretary of Agriculture shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase 
of agricultural land located in the United States by compa-
nies owned, in full or in part, by the People’s Republic 
of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. 
SEC. 770. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘DOMESTIC FOOD PRO-
GRAMS—Food and Nutrition Service—Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program’’ may be used in contraven-
tion of section 107(b) of division A of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
1475; 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)).
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SEC. 771. For ‘‘Agricultural Programs–Research, 
Education, and Economics–National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture–Research and Education Activities’’ for the 
establishment of a program to make competitive grants 
to assist in the facility construction, alteration, acquisi-
tion, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricul-
tural research facilities, as authorized by the Research Fa-
cilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.), there is hereby appro-
priated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Agricultural Programs–Rural Development–Salaries 
and Expenses’’ is hereby reduced by, $2,000,000. 
SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise made available by this Act for ‘‘Agricul-
tural Programs—Agricultural Marketing Service—Mar-
keting Services’’ is reduced by, $10,000,000, to carry out 
section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications
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of projects prior to construction, $160,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has 
been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $2,475,152,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended; of which $43,011,000 shall be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the 
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 
Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of 
the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and 
expansion of inland waterways projects shall be derived
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from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except as other-
wise specifically provided for in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the 
plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $10,315,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or
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other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $5,150,000,000 (in-
creased by $3,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $2,264,674,000 shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 
coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors; of 
which $56,000,000, to be derived from the general fund 
of the Treasury, shall be to carry out section 2106(c) of 
Public Law 113–121 (33 U.S.C. 2238c(c)) and is des-
ignated as being for such purpose pursuant to section 
14003(2)(B) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); 
of which such sums as become available from the special 
account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be 
derived from that account for resource protection, re-
search, interpretation, and maintenance activities related 
to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recre-
ation is available; and of which such sums as become avail-
able from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for
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which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per-
cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 
shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 
to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 
to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi-
neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 
that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities: Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate 
from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$213,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
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formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $278,338,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $215,000,000 (re-
duced by $3,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2024, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation purposes and only 
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of 
any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 
of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive di-
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rection and management activities of the division offices: 
Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any 
flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such 
amount may be obligated or expended until the Assistant 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the report required under sec-
tion 101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title, as designated under such head-
ing in the report accompanying this Act, to specific pro-
grams, projects, or activities. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs authorized by the Water
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Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, not-
withstanding subsections (b)(2) and (c) of section 5033 
of such Act, $7,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2023, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress;
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(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ-
ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 
base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 
study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 
base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con-
tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de-
ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropria-
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tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin-
istrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 
Unlimited reprogramming authority is granted for 
the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of these emergency actions as soon there-
after as practicable: Provided further, That for a 
base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 
percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: 
Provided further, That for a base level less than 
$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: 
Provided further, That $150,000 may be repro-
grammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBU-
TARIES.—The reprogramming guidelines in para-
graphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investiga-
tions, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance 
portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Ac-
count, respectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REME-
DIAL ACTION PROGRAM.— Reprogramming of
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up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project 
is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no 
case should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.— 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 
funded under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fis-
cal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis-
cal year enacted level; 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriations; and
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(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this title solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water
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Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 
transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 
Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
SEC. 108. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,600,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2024, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2023, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,880,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion:
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WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,747,101,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $22,165,000 shall be available for trans-
fer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and 
$7,584,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower 
Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such 
amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Col-
orado River Dam Fund: Provided, That $500,000 shall 
be available for transfer into the Aging Infrastructure Ac-
count established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)): Provided further, That such transfers, 
except for the transfer authorized by the preceding pro-
viso, may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities
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that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water 
Storage Enhancement Receipts account established by 
section 4011(e) of Public Law 114–322, or the Bureau 
of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: 
Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 
395 are available until expended for the purposes for 
which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That 
funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited 
to this account and are available until expended for the 
same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head-
ing: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund established by sec-
tion 110 of title I of division B of appendix D of Public 
Law 106–554: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects 
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums 
as may be collected in fiscal year 2023 in the Central Val-
ley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections
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3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 
full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 
payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 
102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for the acquisi-
tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 
is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 
adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures
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demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 
and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 
the Denver office, and offices in the six regions of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, $65,079,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to be de-
rived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable 
as provided in section 4(o) of the Act of December 5, 1924 
(43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That no part of any other ap-
propriation in this Act shall be available for activities or 
functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase and replacement of not to exceed 
30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 
and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, shall be available for
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obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year;
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(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category, unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the 
amounts made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ 
shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities
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specified in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ columns in the 
‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title II—Department of the Interior’’ in the re-
port accompanying this Act. 
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—
379 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 
by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 
such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 42 
U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘$750,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$820,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2022’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 
(Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’.
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SEC. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 
States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (Public 
Law 102–250; 43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–250; 43 
U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and by striking ‘‘$120,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$130,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 529(b)(3) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–541), as 
amended, is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$40,000,000’’. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement 
Project. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
381 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$4,000,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $1.00) 
(increased by $1.00) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased 
by $5,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$245,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction. 
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-
sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $205,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$24,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction.
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ELECTRICITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $350,000,000 (reduced 
by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000) (reduced by 
$30,500,000) (increased by $30,500,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$23,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $1,779,800,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $85,000,000 shall be available until September
383 
30, 2024, for program direction: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall 
be from the amount specified as including that purpose 
in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 
included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of 
Energy’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy and carbon management research 
and development activities, under the authority of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible and equitable interests in any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations 
and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, 
and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable 
social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $880,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction.
386 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, $333,863,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That in ad-
dition, fees collected pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of sec-
tion 6939f of title 42, United States Code, and deposited 
under this heading in fiscal year 2023 pursuant to section 
309 of title III of division C of Public Law 116–94 are 
appropriated, to remain available until expended, for mer-
cury storage costs. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$823,321,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $14,800,000 shall 
be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992.
387 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 
35 passenger motor vehicles, including one ambulance, for 
replacement 
only, 
$8,000,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$234,678,000) (reduced by $234,678,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (increased by 
$500,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $211,211,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2024, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 
425, as amended, $10,205,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste 
Fund.
388 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
carrying out the activities of technology transitions, 
$23,058,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $13,183,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for program direction. 
CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for clean en-
ergy demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $189,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$25,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT DOMESTIC CLEAN ENERGY 
ACCELERATOR 
For activities by the Department of Energy pursuant 
to titles I, III, and VII of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. subchapters I, II, and III), notwith-
standing the requirements of section 303(a)(1) through 
(a)(6) 
of 
such 
Act, 
$100,000,000 
(increased 
by
389 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended, which 
shall be obligated and expended by the Secretary of En-
ergy as if delegated the necessary authorities conferred by 
the Defense Production Act of 1950, and which shall be 
for expanding the domestic production capability for solar, 
transformers, 
electric 
grid 
components, 
fuel 
cells, 
electrolyzers, heat pumps, and insulation, of which up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for administrative expenses. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$550,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $45,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-
essary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative 
Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized,
390 
$66,206,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That up to 
$66,206,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2023 pursuant 
to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 
be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 
used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro-
priation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2023 exceed $66,206,000, those ex-
cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 
under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2023 (estimated at $35,000,000) 
and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund ap-
propriations can be derived from fees collected in previous 
fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That the 
Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli-
gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaran-
teed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in
391 
violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $9,800,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans for the 
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program under section 
2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 
3502(c)), $8,000,000 (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced 
by $8,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided 
further, That in this fiscal year and subsequent fiscal 
years, under section 2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 (25 U.S.C. 3502(c)), the Secretary of Energy may 
also provide direct loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Pro-
vided further, That such direct loans shall be made 
through the Federal Financing Bank, with the full faith 
and credit of the United States Government on the prin-
392 
cipal and interest: Provided further, That any funds pre-
viously appropriated for the cost of loan guarantees under 
section 2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 
U.S.C. 3502(c)) may also be used, in this fiscal year and 
subsequent fiscal years, for the cost of direct loans pro-
vided under such section of such Act. 
In addition, for Department of Energy administrative 
expenses necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy 
Loan Guarantee Program, $2,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $75,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2024, for program 
direction. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $407,715,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced 
by $500,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by
393 
$3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts as necessary 
to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work 
for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such 
increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases 
of the same or greater amount: Provided further, That 
moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous rev-
enues estimated to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2023 
may be retained and used for operating expenses within 
this account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 
95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fis-
cal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$307,137,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $92,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024.
394 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$16,333,065,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $130,070,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,424,000,000, to remain available until expended.
395 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $99,747,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$58,525,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$475,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $17,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
396 
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, $6,722,521,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amount, $317,002,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2024, for program direction. 
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION 
AND DECOMMISSIONING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 
environmental cleanup activities for Department of En-
ergy contributions for uranium enrichment decontamina-
tion and decommissioning activities, $823,321,000, to be 
deposited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup ac-
count, which shall be transferred to the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department
397 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $1,027,554,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$359,734,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, 
for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for the Colville Tribes Residents Fish Hatch-
ery Expansion, Chief Joseph Hatchery Water Quality 
Project, and Umatilla Hatchery Facility Project and, in 
addition, for official reception and representation expenses 
in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2023, no new direct loan obligations may be 
made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 
and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the
398 
southeastern power area, $8,173,000, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $8,173,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 
sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $78,696,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 
annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 
purchase power and wheeling expenses).
399 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 
of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-
ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
Southwestern Power Administration, $53,488,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $42,880,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-
main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $10,608,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $70,000,000 collected by
400 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, $299,573,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
to remain available until expended, of which $299,573,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$200,841,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
401 
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $98,732,000, of which 
$98,732,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $350,083,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 
and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses).
402 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $6,330,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$6,102,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-
propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, the
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Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $1,598,000 in funds contributed by 
United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available 
for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as 
if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such 
purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be 
available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United 
States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintain-
ing, repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the 
hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with 
agreements reached between the Administrator, Commis-
sioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$508,400,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
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$1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $508,400,000 of revenues from fees and annual 
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 
2023 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary 
in this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 
during fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
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at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make or modify a grant allocation or discre-
tionary grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make or modify a discretionary contract 
award or Other Transaction Agreement totaling 
$1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered by 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make or modify 
an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the 
limits in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make or 
modify an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess 
of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided or modified 
during the previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which
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the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report accompanying this 
Act.
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(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 
of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 
time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would
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pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2023 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
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fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 
into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section
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167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-
tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 
Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 307. All unavailable collections currently in the 
United States Enrichment Corporation Fund shall be 
transferred to and merged with the Uranium Enrichment 
Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and shall be 
available only to the extent provided in advance in appro-
priations Acts. 
SEC. 308. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
40401(a)(2) of Public Law 117–58, paragraph (3) of sec-
tion 1702(r) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16512(r)(3)) as added by section 40401(c)(2)(C) of Public 
Law 117–58, and subsection (l) of section 136 of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17013(l)), are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 309. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available in the first proviso of section 1425 of the 
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2011 (Public Law 112–10) for the cost of
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loan guarantees under section 1703 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That, subject to section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans for 
eligible projects under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005, shall not exceed a total principal amount of 
$15,000,000,000, to remain available until committed: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this sec-
tion are in addition to those provided in any other Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts collected pursuant to 
section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the 
source of such payment received from borrowers may not 
be a loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by 
the Federal Government: Provided further, That none of 
such loan guarantee authority made available by this sec-
tion shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans 
for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tan-
gible or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumen-
tality, personnel, or affiliated entity are expected be used 
(directly or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, 
demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, pro-
curements, sales, other transaction authority, or other ar-
rangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or 
services from the project: Provided further, That the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be interpreted as precluding the
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use of the loan guarantee authority provided by this sec-
tion for commitments to guarantee loans for: (1) projects 
as a result of such projects benefitting from otherwise al-
lowable Federal income tax benefits; (2) projects as a re-
sult of such projects benefitting from being located on 
Federal land pursuant to a lease or right-of-way agree-
ment for which all consideration for all uses is: (A) paid 
exclusively in cash; (B) deposited in the Treasury as off-
setting receipts; and (C) equal to the fair market value 
as determined by the head of the relevant Federal agency; 
(3) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from 
Federal insurance programs, including under section 170 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210; com-
monly known as the ‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’); or (4) electric 
generation projects using transmission facilities owned or 
operated by a Federal Power Marketing Administration 
or the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been author-
ized, approved, and financed independent of the project 
receiving the guarantee: Provided further, That none of the 
loan guarantee authority made available by this section 
shall be available for any project unless the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget has certified in ad-
vance in writing that the loan guarantee and the project 
comply with the provisions under this section.
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SEC. 310. (a) Hereafter, for energy development, 
demonstration, and deployment programs funded under 
Department of Energy appropriations (other than those 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration and Of-
fice of Environmental Management) provided for fiscal 
year 2022, the current fiscal year, or any fiscal year there-
after (including by Acts other than appropriations Acts), 
the Secretary may vest unconditional title or other prop-
erty interests acquired under projects in an award recipi-
ent, subrecipient, or successor in interest, including the 
United States, at the conclusion of the award period for 
projects receiving an initial award in fiscal year 2022 or 
later. 
(b) Upon vesting unconditional title pursuant to sub-
section (a) in an award recipient, subrecipient, or suc-
cessor in interest other than the United States, the United 
States shall have no liabilities or obligations to the prop-
erty. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘property 
interest’’ does not include any interest in intellectual prop-
erty developed using funding provided under a project. 
SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-
cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-
ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project
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is carried out through internal independent project man-
agement procedures. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 
Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa-
lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 
share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $220,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $41,401,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
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DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-
thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 
the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-
standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 
$30,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-
penses, $15,100,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects for 
which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-
ing source in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total 
project cost for distressed communities, as defined by sec-
tion 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division 
C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 
701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 per-
cent for non-distressed communities: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding 
payment of a non-Federal share in connection with a
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grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall 
be available for the payment of such a non-Federal share 
for any project for which the Denali Commission is not 
the sole or primary funding source, provided that such 
project is consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $38,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $33,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$911,384,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 
more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com-
mission, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, in-
spection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $777,498,000 in fiscal year 2023 shall be re-
tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2023 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $133,886,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $17,769,000, to remain available
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until September 30, 2024: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $14,655,000 in fiscal year 2023 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2024, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2023 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$3,114,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,520,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,945,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
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programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear
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Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913.
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SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
the report accompanying this Act, or any authority where-
by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report accompanying this Act, or any au-
thority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States Government may provide goods or 
services to another department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the
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transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-
ties. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy to make a
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guarantee under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) for a project that does not 
avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic 
emissions of greenhouse gases. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2023’’. 
DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
essary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 
territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-
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cies and programs activities, $278,382,000 (reduced by 
$20) (increased by $20) (reduced by $500,000) (increased 
by $500,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000): Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 
and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 
entering into cooperative agreements;
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(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 
of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-
partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-
ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 
until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 
U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any 
other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-
vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 
such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 
appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a total appro-
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priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 
drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 
$217,059,000 (increased by $3,000,000), of which not less 
than $4,000,000 shall be available for addressing human 
rights violations and corruption, including activities au-
thorized by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account-
ability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note): Provided, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 
$12,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
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ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 
provide oversight of the investments made under this 
heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 
to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services; for the hire 
of zero emission passenger motor vehicles and for sup-
porting charging or fueling infrastructure; and for repairs 
and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of 
the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That these funds shall be 
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Serv-
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ice, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, 
Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $48,878,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 
U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
429 
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for 
Tax 
Administration; 
$179,409,000, 
of 
which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 
for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED 
ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–343), $9,000,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and
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training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $210,330,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of which not to 
exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 
of the Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 
and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the 
Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 
380.
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ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $150,863,000; of which not to 
exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 
of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 
or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 
label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the costs 
associated with enforcement of and education regarding 
the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
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matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$50,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–III, $336,420,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $336,420,000) (increased by 
$336,420,000). Of the amount appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) not less than $216,883,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000), notwithstanding section 108(e) of Pub-
lic Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to 
Small and/or Emerging Community Development Fi-
nancial Institutions Assistance awards, is available 
until September 30, 2024, for financial assistance
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and technical assistance under subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public 
Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), 
of which up to $1,600,000 may be available for 
training and outreach under section 109 of Public 
Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to 
$3,153,750 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 
of which up to $10,000,000, notwithstanding sub-
section (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 
(12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to provide fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach to community development financial insti-
tutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities, and of which not less than 
$2,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) shall be for 
the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-
junction with the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 
Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the
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funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 
those made to community development financial in-
stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities and those made to community 
development financial institutions that serve popu-
lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 
CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 
awards to organizations that invest and lend in high- 
poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 
any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 
percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 
series available from the American Community Sur-
vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 
Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 
percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De-
cennial Census data for any territory or possession 
of the United States; 
(2) not less than $22,500,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2024, for 
financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
munities and provided primarily through qualified
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Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 
and technical assistance; 
(6) up to $35,037,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, including administration of CDFI Fund pro-
grams and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of 
which not less than $1,000,000 is for the develop-
ment of tools to better assess and inform CDFI in-
vestment performance and CDFI Fund program im-
pacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(7) during fiscal year 2023, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 
under 
such 
section 
114A 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2023: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading, except those provided for the 
Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent 
shall be used for awards that support investments
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that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per-
sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ-
ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has 
had 20 percent or more of its population living in 
poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016– 
2020 5-year data series available from the American 
Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas 
Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu-
reau of the Census. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, rent payments, and other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de-
termined by the Commissioner, $3,410,728,000 (increased 
by $1,000,000), of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall
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remain available until September 30, 2024; of which not 
less than $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for 
the Elderly Program, of which not less than $13,000,000 
shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, 
of which not less than $35,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, shall be available for the Com-
munity Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching 
Grants Program for tax return preparation assistance, 
and of which not less than $235,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for operating expenses of 
the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Serv-
ice, not less than $6,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), rent payments, and to provide 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$6,120,262,000, of which not to exceed $250,000,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2024; of which 
not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency 
Crime and Drug Enforcement program; and of which not 
to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology 
for the Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 
amount made available for investigative technology for the 
Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 
amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-
vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 
IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,753,561,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), 
of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024; of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-
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quisition of equipment and construction, repair and ren-
ovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for re-
search; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 
the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the 
United States detailing major information technology in-
vestments in the Internal Revenue Service Integrated 
Modernization Business Plan portfolio, including detailed, 
plain language summaries on the status of plans, costs, 
and results; prior results and actual expenditures of the 
prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the fis-
cal year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with 
ongoing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; 
and total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its 
budget justification for fiscal year 2024, a summary of 
cost and schedule performance information for its major 
information technology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program,
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$310,027,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
troller General of the United States detailing major infor-
mation technology investments in the Internal Revenue 
Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan portfolio, 
including detailed, plain language summaries on the status 
of plans, costs, and results; prior results and actual ex-
penditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and 
costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies 
associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or 
schedule variances; and total expenditures by fiscal year. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex-
442 
ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available 
in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That an additional 2 percent of the appro-
priation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading may be trans-
ferred to the appropriation made available in this Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service under the ‘‘Taxpayer Serv-
ices’’ heading upon advance approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
partial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
tect taxpayers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
443 
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 
to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 
a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 
response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 
a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 
to an employer making employment tax payments, and 
such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 
and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 
Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 
offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 
target citizens of the United States for exercising any 
right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 
beliefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
444 
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 
and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
sult of the recommendations in the report published on 
May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 
Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 
process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 
unless such program or process takes into account the 
conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 
former employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this
445 
Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 
regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 
to positions in the competitive service to process back-
logged tax returns and return information. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 
United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 
Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
senger carrier transportation and protection between the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 
of employment. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
446 
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 
‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 
no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
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or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-
penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 
Collection Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
448 
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
representation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department 
of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
449 
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 
project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 
provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 
description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 
each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
chise Fund. 
SEC. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 
activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 
and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
include—
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(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 
of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 125. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery, $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec-
tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available to the Secretary of the Treasury (referred 
to in this section as ‘‘Secretary’’) for administrative ex-
451 
penses pursuant to sections 4003(f) and 4112(b) of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136) and section 7301(b)(5) of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), up to 
$80,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for any 
administrative expenses of the Department of the Treas-
ury determined by the Secretary to be necessary to imple-
ment section 501 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), sections 3201 
or 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2), or title VI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
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section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $77,681,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 
at the White House, $15,609,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
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shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
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dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-
idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 
for the classification of any such expense as political or 
nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,901,000, of 
which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 
remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
tion of information resources within the Executive Office 
of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading, up to $4,500,000 shall be available 
for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-
sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to
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students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-
charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 
services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-
tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 
authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 
further, That such payments shall not be considered com-
pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may 
be paid in advance. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 
States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, $128,035,000, of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
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That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 
Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 
indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 
evaluating or determining if water resource project or 
study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 
through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 
all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 
to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 
budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 
which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
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ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 
not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 
the Office of Management and Budget review period based 
on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 
later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 
agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-
imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 
budget justification materials of the agency were sub-
mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 
the budget justification materials are published on the 
website of the agency. 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT 
COORDINATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-
tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 
title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 
Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403),
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including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$1,902,000. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 
Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 
$21,926,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
bursement, $22,340,000: Provided, That the Office is au-
thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 
real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 
limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
work of the Office.
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FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $300,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, for drug 
control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent 
shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug 
control activities and shall be obligated not later than 120 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 
49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and 
departments in amounts determined by the Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
$5,800,000 may be used for auditing services and associ-
ated activities: Provided further, That any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2021 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to 
reprogramming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2022, shall be 
funded at not less than the fiscal year 2022 base level, 
unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
461 
justification for changes to those levels based on clearly 
articulated priorities and published Office of National 
Drug Control Policy performance measures of effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of 
fiscal year 2023 funding among HIDTAs not later than 
45 days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the 
Committees of planned uses of discretionary HIDTA 
funding, as determined in consultation with the HIDTA 
Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation 
are not necessary for the purposes provided herein and 
upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by Public 
Law 110–690 and the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended, 
$139,670,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available as follows: $110,000,000 for the Drug- 
Free Communities Program, of which not more than 
$12,900,000 is for administrative expenses, and of which
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$2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by section 
4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of 
Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training 
and technical assistance; $15,000,000 for anti-doping ac-
tivities; up to $3,420,000 for the United States member-
ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 
for the Model Acts Program; $5,200,000 for activities au-
thorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198; 
$1,300,000 for policy research; and $500,000 for perform-
ance audits and evaluations: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading may be transferred to 
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such 
activities: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 
days prior to obligating funds under this heading for 
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending 
plan and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
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3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $13,700,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 
these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 
projects to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
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lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 
THE PRESIDENT
AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED
TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-
propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
with and available for the same time and for the same
465 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 
the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 
revenues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order 
or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 
year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 
year 2023; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum
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over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2023. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
randum is issued during fiscal year 2023 due to a national 
emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 
(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 
or memorandum is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 
memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 
of $100,000,000. 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 
Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 
compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 
thereafter— 
(1) the Office of Management and Budget shall 
operate and maintain the automated system required 
to be implemented by section 204 of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 2022 (division E of Public Law 117–103) and 
shall continue to post each document apportioning
467 
an appropriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, including any associ-
ated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such 
document as an open Government data asset (as 
that term is defined in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code); and 
(2) the requirements specified in subsection (c), 
the first and second provisos of subsection (d)(1), 
and subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall con-
tinue to apply. 
SEC. 205. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act and updated every 90 days there-
after, the Executive Office of the President shall make 
contemporaneously available on a publicly available 
website, a searchable, sortable, downloadable database of 
visitors to the White House, the Vice President’s resi-
dence, or any other location at which the President or the 
Vice President regularly conducts official business that in-
cludes the name of each visitor, the date and time of entry 
for each visitor, the name of each individual with whom 
each visitor met, and the purpose of the visit: Provided, 
That notwithstanding this requirement, the Executive Of-
fice of the President, after consultation with the President 
or his designee, may exclude from the database any infor-
mation that would implicate personal privacy or law en-
468 
forcement concerns or threaten national security, relate to 
a purely personal guest, or reveal the social security num-
ber, taxpayer identification number, birth date, home ad-
dress, or personal phone number of an individual, the 
name of an individual, who is less than 18 years old, or 
a financial account number: Provided further, With respect 
to a particular sensitive meeting, the Executive Office of 
the President shall disclose the number of records withheld 
on this basis and post the applicable records no later than 
360 days later. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 
the President Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
as the Chief Justice may approve, $113,951,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
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In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$29,246,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$36,735,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 
services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
ized by law, $21,260,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court.
470 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-
cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 
and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
ized by law, $5,867,825,000 (including the purchase of 
firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 
space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 
related to new space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial 
courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $10,280,000, to be appro-
471 
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 
3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert, and other services for such representations as au-
thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 
maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 
of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 
criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 
actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 
U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 
forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 
general administrative expenses, $1,409,211,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $45,677,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 
5332. 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 
inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 
perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 
Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as
473 
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$750,586,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended, to be expended directly 
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 
which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 
guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-
eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 
to facilitate security and emergency management services 
among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 
Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-
tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 
and the public; and, notwithstanding sections 331, 
566(e)(1), and 566(i) of title 28, United States Code, for 
identifying and pursuing the voluntary redaction and re-
duction of personally identifiable information on the inter-
net of judges and other familial relatives who live at the 
judge’s domicile.
474 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $105,700,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 
$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 
Code, $21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 
of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
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Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-
utive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 
courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 
with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 
security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-
partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 
services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 
rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘31 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’; 
and
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(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘28 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 
28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 
(relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 
‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 
6 months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-
ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 
Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘20 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘21 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen-
tral District of California), by striking ‘‘19 years 
and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years and 6 
months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the west-
ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘18 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 years’’. 
SEC. 307. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Judiciary $128,000,000, to
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remain available until September 30, 2024, to be used for 
judicial security, cybersecurity, and information tech-
nology modernization infrastructure: Provided, That for 
the purposes provided herein, such funds may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Court Security’’, 
and ‘‘Defender Services’’ appropriations under the 
‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
Services’’ heading in this title: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 308. Section 677 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the 
Chief Justice, shall establish a retention and recruit-
ment program that is consistent with section 908 of 
the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 
1926) for Supreme Court Police officers and other 
critical employees who agree in writing to remain 
employed with the Supreme Court for a period of 
service of not less than two years.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 
amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 
institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 
awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 
of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 
eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 
and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 
this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account
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shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
pose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 
of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the costs of providing public 
safety at events related to the presence of the National 
Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 
of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 
surrounding jurisdictions.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $295,588,000 to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, $140,973,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 
$88,290,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; and $51,270,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
provements shall be expended consistent with the District 
of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-
tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the 
amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District 
of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations 
and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may 
be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ-
ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
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Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 
30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 
not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading among the items and entities funded under 
this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee 
on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia 
may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi-
lar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the 
District of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the
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District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to services provided under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
provided under this heading shall be administered by the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Defender Services in Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts’’, $22,000,000, are hereby re-
scinded not later than September 30, 2023.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $281,516,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 
to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 
to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 
Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, $204,579,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 
to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
lated to such persons, of which $7,798,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for costs associated 
with the relocation under replacement leases for head-
quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro-
vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $76,937,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
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Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with reloca-
tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, 
field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 
complete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 
of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for
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employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service a program substantially similar to the program set 
forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-
ment made under the program to any individual may not 
exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia Public Defender Service may be 
deemed an ‘‘agency’’ for purposes of engaging with and 
receiving services from Federal Franchise Fund Programs 
established in accordance with section 403 of the Govern-
ment Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
356), as amended: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia Public Defender Service may enter into con-
tracts for the procurement of severable services and 
multiyear contracts for the acquisition of property and 
services to the same extent and under the same conditions 
as an executive agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination