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interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 
account, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided under this heading for uses authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the total amounts made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000,000 
shall be available for rent adjustments authorized under 
section 515(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Re-
form and Affordability Act of 1997 (as added by section 
234(a) of this Act): Provided further, That of the total 
amounts made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall be available for adjustments under sec-
tion 524(h) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (as added by section 234(b) 
of this Act) necessary to address health and safety defi-
ciencies: Provided further, That up to 2 percent of the 
total amounts made available in the preceding two pro-
visos shall be for administrative contract costs, including 
for carrying out due diligence and underwriting functions 
for evaluating owners’ requests and for technical assist-
ance activities: Provided further, That of the total amounts 
made available under this heading, not to exceed
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$31,000,000 shall be available for budget based adjust-
ments for service coordinators for the elderly: Provided 
further, That any additional amounts for rent adjustments 
or supplemental contract funding authorized under the 
preceding four provisos shall be combined with other 
amounts obligated to such contracts and the combined 
total amount shall be available for all purposes under such 
contracts. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year 
term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive serv-
ices associated with the housing, $1,200,000,000 (in-
creased by $500,000,000) (reduced by $500,000,000) to 
remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $125,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and
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the continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
residents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, 
That any funding for existing service coordinators under 
the preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec-
tion-related activities associated with section 202 projects: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi-
sions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions 
of project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 
term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura-
tion: Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 202 project rental as-
sistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos-
ited in this account, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided further, That amounts deposited in 
this account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be 
available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading, for the purposes authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds
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transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for the current purposes authorized under this 
heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$25,000,000 shall be used to expand the supply of inter-
generational dwelling units (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 202 of the Legacy Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q 
note)) for elderly caregivers raising children: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of the preceding proviso the 
Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements 
for, any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in order to facilitate the develop-
ment of such units, except for requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the envi-
ronment: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be 
used by the Secretary to support preservation transactions 
of housing for the elderly originally developed with a cap-
ital advance and assisted by a project rental assistance 
contract under the provisions of section 202(c) of the 
Housing Act of 1959. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons
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with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts 
pursuant to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959, as added by section 205(a) of the Housing 
and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Pub-
lic Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 
contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 
project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 
and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $400,000,000 (increased by 
$500,000,000) (reduced by $500,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 811 
projects: Provided further, That, upon the request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project
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rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of 
such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined 
by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and 
deposited in this account, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided further, That amounts depos-
ited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading for the purposes authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
used for the current purposes authorized under this head-
ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi-
nally were appropriated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban 
Development 
Act 
of 
1968, 
as 
amended, 
$70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-
tract services: Provided, That funds shall be used for pro-
viding counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 
both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such 
other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in im-
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proving their housing conditions, meeting their financial 
needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 
of awarding grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-
ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured 
Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 
620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That 
not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 
make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 
Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during fiscal year 2023 so as to result in a
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final fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 
shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 
year 2023 appropriation: Provided further, That for the 
dispute resolution and installation programs, the Sec-
retary may assess and collect fees from any program par-
ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be 
deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as pro-
vided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees col-
lected under section 620 of such Act, for necessary ex-
penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 
Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service pro-
viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-
ices. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 
not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2023, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided fur-
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ther, That the foregoing amount in the preceding proviso 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with sales of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 
for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the limitation in the first sentence of section 
255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
20(g)), during fiscal year 2023 the Secretary may insure 
and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages 
under section 255 of the National Housing Act only to 
the extent that the net credit subsidy cost for such insur-
ance does not exceed zero. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That during fiscal year 2023, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of
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the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE–BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$900,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That $33,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, shall be for necessary sala-
ries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage 
Association: Provided further, That to the extent that 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 
on or before April 1, 2023 an additional $100 for nec-
essary salaries and expenses shall be available until ex-
pended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 
amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 
made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the Na-
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tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be cred-
ited as offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 
out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 
$160,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-
able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, 
State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 
Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or colleges or 
universities for research projects: Provided further, That 
with respect to the preceding proviso, such partners to the 
cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 per-
cent match toward the cost of the project: Provided fur-
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ther, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in 
accordance with the preceding two provisos, the Secretary 
shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Ac-
countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with sec-
tion 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 
3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of award 
decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 
technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 
plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this 
activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 
grant program: Provided further, That an additional 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be for competitive grants to nonprofit or gov-
ernmental entities to provide legal assistance (including 
assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, 
post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at 
no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject 
to eviction: Provided further, That in awarding grants 
under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants that include a marketing strategy for
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residents of areas with high rates of eviction, have experi-
ence providing no-cost legal assistance to low-income indi-
viduals, including those with limited English proficiency 
or disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to administer 
such assistance, and may select unfunded or partially 
funded eligible applicants identified in the previous com-
petition: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, 
to the extent practicable, that the proportion of eligible 
tenants living in rural areas who will receive legal assist-
ance with grant funds made available under this heading 
is not less than the overall proportion of eligible tenants 
who live in rural areas. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 
561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $86,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair 
Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to 
develop on-line courses and provide such training: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under
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this heading may be used to lobby the executive or legisla-
tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for the cre-
ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro-
grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the 
Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 
502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 
(12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activi-
ties and assistance, $415,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be for the award of 
grants pursuant to such section 1011, of which not
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less than $95,000,000 shall be provided to areas 
with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs; 
(2) $85,000,000 shall be for the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 
and demonstration efforts, including education and 
outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 
other housing-related diseases and hazards, and 
mitigating housing-related health and safety hazards 
in housing of low-income families, of which— 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implemen-
tation of projects in up to five communities that 
are served by both the Healthy Homes Initia-
tive and the Department of Energy weatheriza-
tion programs to demonstrate whether the co-
ordination of Healthy Homes remediation ac-
tivities with weatherization activities achieves 
cost savings and better outcomes in improving 
the safety and quality of homes; and 
(B) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to ex-
perienced non-profit organizations, States, local 
governments, or public housing agencies for 
safety and functional home modification repairs 
and renovations to meet the needs of low-in-
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come elderly homeowners to enable them to re-
main in their primary residence: Provided, That 
of the total amount made available under this 
subparagraph no less than $3,000,000 shall be 
available to meet such needs in communities 
with substantial rural populations; 
(3) $5,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 
and contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 
and 1052 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Haz-
ard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 
4854a); 
(4) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts 
made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be 
transferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Tech-
nology’’ for the purposes of conducting research and 
studies and for use in accordance with the provisos 
under that heading for non-competitive agreements; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for a lead-risk assess-
ment demonstration for public housing agencies to 
conduct lead hazard screenings or lead-risk assess-
ments during housing quality standards inspections 
of units in which a family receiving assistance under 
section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)) resides or expects to reside, and 
has or expects to have a child under age 6 residing
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in the unit, while preserving rental housing avail-
ability and affordability; and 
(6) $5,000,000 shall be for grants for a radon 
testing and mitigation safety demonstration program 
(the radon demonstration) in public housing: Pro-
vided, That the testing method, mitigation method, 
or action level used under the radon demonstration 
shall be as specified by applicable state or local law, 
if such law is more protective of human health or 
the environment than the method or level specified 
by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re-
view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 
law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 
the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Stud-
ies program, or other demonstrations or programs under 
this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 
purposes under this heading, or under the heading ‘‘Hous-
ing for the Elderly’’ under prior Appropriations Acts, shall 
be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes 
of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That 
each applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under 
this heading shall certify adequate capacity that is accept-
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able to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 
funds pursuant to a notice of funding opportunity: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading, except for amounts in paragraphs (2)(B) for 
home modification repairs and renovations, in this or prior 
appropriations Acts, still remaining available, may be used 
for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the 
purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a 
program competition is undersubscribed and there are 
other program competitions under this heading that are 
oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For Department-wide and program-specific informa-
tion technology systems and infrastructure, $382,000,000 
(increased by $2,000,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, of which up to $16,746,000 shall be for 
development, modernization, and enhancement projects, 
including planning for such projects: Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for development, modernization, and en-
hancement may be obligated until the Secretary submits 
and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
approve a plan that—
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(1) identifies for each development, moderniza-
tion, and enhancement project to be funded from 
available balances, including carryover— 
(A) plain language summaries of the 
project scope; 
(B) the estimated total project cost; and 
(C) key milestones to be met; and 
(2) identifies for each major modernization 
project— 
(A) the functional and performance capa-
bilities to be delivered and the mission benefits 
to be realized; 
(B) the estimated life-cycle cost; 
(C) key milestones to be met through the 
project end date, including any identified sys-
tem decommissioning; 
(D) a description of the procurement strat-
egy and governance structure for the project 
and the number of HUD staff and contractors 
supporting the project; and 
(E) certification from the Chief Informa-
tion Officer that each project is compliant with 
the Department’s enterprise architecture, life- 
cycle management and capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements:
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Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 
the end of each quarter, the Secretary shall submit 
an updated report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate summarizing the status, cost and plan for all 
modernization projects; and for each major mod-
ernization project with an approved project plan, 
identifying— 
(1) results and actual expenditures of the prior 
quarter; 
(2) any variances in cost, schedule (including 
procurement), or functionality from the previously 
approved project plan, reasons for such variances 
and estimated impact on total life-cycle costs; and 
(3) risks and mitigation strategies associated 
with ongoing work. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $140,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel and acquisition issues within this office.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the 
case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by
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one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely 
for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Gov-
ernment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdic-
tion. 
SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 204. Section 7 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(u)(1) Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services 
on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making 
payment for services and facilities of the Federal National 
Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage As-
sociation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any in-
sured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit In-
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surance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811– 
1). 
‘‘(2) Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to 
chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of such 
title as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
set forth in the budget for such corporation or agency ex-
cept as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of 
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in an appropriations Act (unless such 
loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided 
for in appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty oper-
ations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage 
purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest 
of the United States Government.’’. 
SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban
196 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 206. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re-
ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, 
and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit addi-
tional, updated budget information to these Committees 
upon request. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available by this 
title may be used for an audit of the Government National 
Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements 
under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
661 et seq.). 
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 
for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 
some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 
very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 
or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 
multifamily housing project or projects.
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(b) PHASED
TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project- 
based assistance under this section may be done in phases 
to accommodate the financing and other requirements re-
lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 
projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under 
subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very 
low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 
bedroom size) provided by the transferring 
project shall be no less than when transferred 
to the receiving project or projects and the net 
dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
the transferring project shall remain the same 
in the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
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retary and provided there is no increase in the 
project-based assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically nonviable, or be reasonably expected 
to become economically nonviable when complying 
with state or Federal requirements for community 
integration and reduced concentration of individuals 
with disabilities. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 
or exceed applicable physical standards established 
by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate their units in the transferring project or 
projects until new units in the receiving project are 
available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 
is in the best interest of the tenants.
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(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv-
ing project resulting from additional financing ob-
tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 
on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 
Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-
mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-
habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-
gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
cute and record either a continuation of the existing 
use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 
such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 
existing use restrictions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured 
mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 
are provided in advance for the amount of any such 
increased cost.
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(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat-
ute and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following con-
ditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including 
projects undergoing mark to market debt re-
structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q); 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q), as such section existed before the en-
actment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-
fordable Housing Act;
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(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) 
the 
term 
‘‘project-based 
assistance’’ 
means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-
ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 
(as such section existed immediately before Oc-
tober 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and
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(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, 
debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 
low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-
tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-
ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties. The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including cri-
teria for approval by the Department of Housing and
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Urban Development, of transfers pursuant to this section 
no later than 30 days before the effective date of such 
notice. 
SEC. 209. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 
14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 
(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
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(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 
and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from 
an institution of higher education (as defined under sec-
tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex-
cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil-
dren. 
SEC. 210. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native 
American Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allo-
cated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant re-
cipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only 
such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 
available under paragraph (2) of such heading. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2023, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8
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of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall 
maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro-
grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop-
erty. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-
tion with the tenants and the local government that such 
a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 
and operating the property and all available Federal, 
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other ex-
isting housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior 
to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abate-
ment remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent
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major threats to health and safety after written notice to 
and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of 
other available remedies, such as partial abatements or re-
ceivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 
described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 
levels on such properties shall be subject to the require-
ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 212. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule: 
Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a 
reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula 
shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 213. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement, and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d),(e)), the Sec-
retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat-
ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any 
way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): 
Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap-
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ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 
are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 
SEC. 214. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-
priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Admin-
istrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 
Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2023, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 
to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for fiscal year 2023, the Secretary may
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make the NOFO available only on the Internet at the ap-
propriate Government website or through other electronic 
media, as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 216. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations. 
SEC. 217. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
appropriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any 
other such office under such headings: Provided, That no 
appropriation for any such office under such headings 
shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
notification to such Committees 3 business days in ad-
vance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 
SEC. 218. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 
any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 
ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condi-
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tion of any property covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 
assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 59 or less; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and non-
insured projects with assistance attached to the units 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units as-
sisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap-
ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es-
tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Sec-
retary shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default 
with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary,
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for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local 
government, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-
trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a UPCS score of 
60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of 
Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 
fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary shall 
take one or more of the following actions, and provide ad-
ditional notice of those actions to the owner and the par-
ties specified above— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
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dures, who will be obligated to promptly make all re-
quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract if such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 
another project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance re-
quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-
lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 
to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 
by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual 
remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en-
sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to and informed consent of the af-
fected tenants and use of other remedies set forth above.
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To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation 
with the tenants and the local government, that the prop-
erty is not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments under such section 8 or other programs, based on 
consideration of— 
(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 
property and all available Federal, State, and local 
resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 
properties covered by this section that are assessed 
through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 
UPCS physical inspection scores of less than 60 or have 
received an unsatisfactory management and occupancy re-
view within the past 36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) identification of the property level enforce-
ment actions being taken to address such conditions, 
including imposition of civil money penalties and ter-
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mination of subsidies, and identification of prop-
erties that have such conditions multiple times; 
(2) identification of property level actions that 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
is taking to protect tenants of such identified prop-
erties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assist-
ance payment contract. 
The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 
House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, and the second re-
port shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal 
of the first report. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 
any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-
cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 
the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level
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IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 
Act and provided to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 
days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 
Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to 
receive a grant award is announced by the Department 
or its offices: Provided, That such notification shall list 
each grant award by State and congressional district. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Association, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
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ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 223. Amounts made available by this Act that 
are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 
and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua-
tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 
the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be-
come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 
or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 
or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 
available to that Office subject to reprogramming require-
ments in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other Act may be used for awards, including perform-
ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to ad-
ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 
in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effec-
tive prior to the effective date of any such administrative 
discipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis-
cipline.
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SEC. 225. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis-
cal years 2015 through 2023 for the Continuum of Care 
(CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 
paid by program income of grant recipients may count to-
ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro-
vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 
recipient’s CoC program. 
SEC. 226. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 
grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 
C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 
of Care program component to another. 
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 
grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 
continuum of care and meet standards determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 227. The Promise Zone designations and Prom-
ise Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant 
to such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 
years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of such agreements.
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SEC. 228. Any public housing agency designated as 
a Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of divi-
sion L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 
129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 
(except for special purpose funding, including special pur-
pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 
housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 
the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 
authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 
such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated. 
SEC. 229. None of the amounts made available by 
this Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agen-
cy under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 
from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 
grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 
this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 
prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency
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from using such funds to carry out any required work pur-
suant to a settlement agreement, consent decree, vol-
untary agreement, or similar document for a violation of 
the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Disclosure Rules. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 
title may be used to issue rules or guidance in contraven-
tion of section 1210 of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 
3442) or section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155). 
SEC. 231. (a) Funds previously made available in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114– 
113) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 are to re-
main available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation 
of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2016 through 
2018. 
(b) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) for 
the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 
for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. 
(c) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for 
the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available
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for obligation through fiscal year 2020 are to remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2020. 
(d) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) for 
the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 
for obligation through fiscal year 2021 are to remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2019 through 2021. 
(e) Funds previously made available in the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 
94) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2022 are to re-
main available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation 
of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 through 
2022. 
(f) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) for 
the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 
for obligation through fiscal year 2023 are to remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 
SEC. 232. For fiscal year 2023, if the Secretary de-
termines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 
allocation administered by the Secretary under a program
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under the headings ‘‘Public and Indian Housing’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Planning and Development’’, or ‘‘Housing Pro-
grams’’ in this title, that a recipient received an allocation 
greater than the amount such recipient should have re-
ceived for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to applicable 
statutes and regulations, the Secretary may adjust for any 
such funding error in the next applicable formula alloca-
tion cycle by (a) offsetting each such recipient’s formula 
allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount of any 
such funding error; and (b) reallocating any available bal-
ances that are attributable to the offset to the recipient 
or recipients that would have been allocated additional 
funds in the formula allocation cycle in which any such 
error occurred (if such recipient or recipients are eligible 
for a formula allocation in the next applicable formula al-
location cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipi-
ent’s eligibility under the next applicable formula alloca-
tion cycle formula: Provided, That all offsets and realloca-
tions from such available balances shall be recorded 
against funds available for the next applicable formula al-
location cycle: Provided further, That the term ‘‘next appli-
cable formula allocation cycle’’ means the first formula al-
location cycle for a program that is reasonably available 
for correction following such a Secretarial determination:
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Provided further, That if, upon request by a recipient and 
giving consideration to all Federal resources available to 
the recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 
determines that the offset in a next applicable formula al-
location cycle would critically impair the recipient’s ability 
to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the Sec-
retary may adjust for the funding error across two or more 
formula allocation cycles. 
SEC. 233. (a) Amounts made available in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Native American Pro-
grams’’ in title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 
which were allocated or awarded to Indian tribes or trib-
ally designated housing entities, and which are not accept-
ed as of the date of enactment of this Act, are voluntarily 
returned, or otherwise recaptured for any reason, may be 
used by the Secretary to make additional grants for the 
same purpose and under the same terms and conditions 
as amounts appropriated by section 11003(a)(2) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2). 
(b) Amounts repurposed by this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget are designated as an emergency re-
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quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 
1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 234. The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is 
amended— 
(a) in section 515, by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) RENT ADJUSTMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT RE-
NEWALS.—After the initial renewal of a section 8 contract 
pursuant to this section and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or contract regarding the adjustment of 
rents or subsequent renewal of such contract for a project, 
including such a provision in section 514 or this section, 
in the case of a project subject to any restrictions imposed 
pursuant to sections 514 or this section, the Secretary 
may, not more than once every 10 years, adjust such rents 
or renew such contracts at rent levels that are equal to 
the lesser of budget-based rents or comparable market 
rents for the market area upon the request of an owner 
or purchaser who— 
‘‘(1) demonstrates that—
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‘‘(A) project income is insufficient to oper-
ate and maintain the project, and no rehabilita-
tion is currently needed, as determined by the 
Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) the rent adjustment or renewal con-
tract is necessary to support commercially rea-
sonable financing (including any required debt 
service coverage and replacement reserve) for 
rehabilitation necessary to ensure the long-term 
sustainability of the project, as determined by 
the Secretary, and in the event the owner or 
purchaser fails to implement the rehabilitation 
as required by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
take such action against the owner or purchaser 
as allowed by law; and 
‘‘(2) agrees to— 
‘‘(A) extend the affordability and use re-
strictions required under 514(e)(6) for an addi-
tional twenty years; and 
‘‘(B) enter into a binding commitment to 
continue to renew such contract for and during 
such extended term, provided that after the af-
fordability and use restrictions required under 
514(e)(6) have been maintained for a term of 
30 years:
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‘‘(i) an owner with a contract for 
which rent levels were set at the time of its 
initial renewal under section 514(g)(2) 
shall request that the Secretary renew such 
contract under section 524 for and during 
such extended term; and 
‘‘(ii) an owner with a contract for 
which rent levels were set at the time of its 
initial renewal under section 514(g)(1) 
may request that the Secretary renew such 
contract under section 524.’’; 
(b) in section 524, by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(h) RENT ADJUSTMENTS TO ADDRESS DISTRESS.— 
In the case of a section 8 contract that will be eligible 
for renewal under this section when it expires or termi-
nates, notwithstanding any provision of contract or law 
regarding the adjustment of rents, including such a provi-
sion in this section, the Secretary may adjust such rents, 
subject to the availability of funds for such rent adjust-
ments, to rent levels that are equal to the lesser of budget- 
based rents or comparable market rents for the market 
area at the request of an owner or purchaser who dem-
onstrates that such rent adjustment is needed to address 
project health and safety deficiencies and that—
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‘‘(1) project income is insufficient to operate 
and maintain the project, and no rehabilitation is 
currently needed, as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(2) the rent adjustment is necessary to sup-
port commercially reasonable financing (including 
any required debt service coverage and replacement 
reserve) for rehabilitation necessary to ensure the 
long-term sustainability of the project, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and in the event the owner 
or purchaser fails to implement the rehabilitation as 
required by the Secretary, the Secretary may take 
such action against the owner or purchaser as al-
lowed by law.’’; and 
(c) in section 579, by striking ‘‘October 1, 2022’’ 
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2027’’. 
SEC. 235. 
Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ in prior Acts, up to 
$1,300,000 may be transferred to Treasury Account 86– 
X–0148 for the liquidation of obligations incurred in fiscal 
year 2018 in connection with the continued provision of 
interest reduction payments authorized under section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1).
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SEC. 236. (a) Funds previously made available in 
chapter 9 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2, division A; 127 Stat. 36) 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Community Planning and Development— 
Community Development Fund’’ that were available for 
obligation through fiscal year 2017 are to remain available 
until expended for the liquidation of valid obligations in-
curred in fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of any grantee of funds referred to in subsection (a) 
of this section that provides assistance that duplicates 
benefits available to a person for the same purpose from 
another source, the grantee itself shall— 
(1) be subject to remedies for noncompliance; or 
(2) bear responsibility for absorbing such cost 
of duplicative benefits and returning an amount 
equal to any duplicative benefits paid to the grant-
ee’s funds available for use under such heading, un-
less the Secretary, upon the request of a grantee 
issues a public determination by publication in the 
Federal Register that it is not in the best interest 
of the Federal Government to pursue such remedies. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
grantee of funds referred to in subsection (a) of this sec-
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tion may request a waiver from the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development of any recoupment by the Sec-
retary of such funds for amounts owed by persons who 
have received such assistance from such funds and who 
have been defrauded, or after receiving assistance, have 
filed for bankruptcy, gone through a foreclosure procedure 
on property that received such assistance, or are deceased. 
If the grantee self-certifies to the Secretary in such re-
quest that it has verified that the individual conditions of 
each person it is requesting a waiver for meets one of the 
conditions specified in the preceding sentence, the Sec-
retary may grant such waivers on the basis of grantee self- 
certification, issue a public determination by publication 
in the Federal Register that it is not in the best interest 
of the Federal Government to pursue such recoupment, 
and may conduct oversight to verify grantee self-certifi-
cation and subject the grantee to remedies for noncompli-
ance for any amounts that have not met such require-
ments. 
(d) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent 
resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con.
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Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. 
Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in the House 
of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 237. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or in any way make effective the proposed rule 
entitled ‘‘Housing and Community Development Act of 
1980: Verification of Eligible Status’’, issued by the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development on May 10, 
2019 (Docket No. FR–6124–P–01), or any final rule 
based substantially on such proposed rule. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,850,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), 
including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized 
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$38,260,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,500 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $27,935,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 
in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United
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States Code, by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 
with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2024, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2024 in similar format and substance to budget 
requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 
Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
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hicles and aircraft; services as 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 
a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$129,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $185,000,000. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $42,029,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the nec-
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essary salaries and expenses to implement section 22309 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58), and for other activities as appropriate as 
determined by the Surface Transportation Board: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by 
the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for nec-
essary and authorized expenses under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dol-
lar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2023, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$40,779,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
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as amended, $4,580,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $5,000,000). 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that—
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any ac-
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counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(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 the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the report accompanying this Act, whichever is more
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detailed, unless prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the report shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in this Act, the table accom-
panying the report accompanying this Act, ac-
companying reports of the House and Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, or in the budget 
appendix for the respective appropriations, 
whichever is more detailed, and shall apply to 
all items for which a dollar amount is specified
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and to all programs for which new budget 
(obligational) authority is provided, as well as 
to discretionary grants and discretionary grant 
allocations; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for
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mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’).
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SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
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ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 414. (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 crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 
under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 
or other materials available to the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 
to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 
Inspector General’s right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such
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records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 
SEC. 417. Within the amounts appropriated in this 
Act, funding shall be allocated in the amounts specified 
for those projects and purposes delineated in the table ti-
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tled ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items’’ in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 418. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title, where such approval would con-
travene section 40101(a)(5) and (15) of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by divi-
sion A of this Act to the Department of Transportation
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may be used in contravention of section 306108 of title 
54, United States Code. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$69,845,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), of which not to exceed $8,432,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 
$11,287,000 shall be available for the Office of Partner-
ships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 
be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $28,822,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary
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for Administration, of which $27,116,000 shall be avail-
able for Departmental Administration to provide for nec-
essary expenses for management support services to of-
fices of the Department and for general administration, 
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec-
essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to 
an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries 
and expenses are available to fund up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,609,000 
shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch; and not to exceed 
$10,109,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office 
of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under 
this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary
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shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail-
able under this heading for Departmental Administration 
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 
Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 
as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 
Intergovernmental Affairs shall be transferred to agencies 
of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 
maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, 
That no funds made available under this heading for the 
Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations 
may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment 
of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided fur-
ther, That during any 30 day notification period ref-
erenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall take no action to begin implementation of 
the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or 
make any public announcement of such action in any 
form.
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Economist, $30,181,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), of 
which $8,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative agree-
ments for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$500,000 shall be available to carry out section 224 of 
subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 
12504 of Public Law 115–334. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $16,703,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $2,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000). 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $16,967,000 (reduced by $3,000,000). 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $93,284,000 (reduced by $3,000,000), 
of which not less than $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity 
requirements of the department.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $9,559,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$37,595,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 
alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
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General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $68,858,000 (reduced by 
$700,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$418,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available 
until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.), $8,581,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 
herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man-
agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 
the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Secu-
rity, and Protection, $21,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.),
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$111,061,000, including such sums as may be necessary 
for contracting and other arrangements with public agen-
cies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 
U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 
certain confidential operational expenses, including the 
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $62,137,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$5,556,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
$3,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-
nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for
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the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Office of the Chief Scientist. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $90,612,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $211,023,000, of which up to 
$66,361,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 
for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-
rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 
2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $1,737,629,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) 
(increased by $1,500,000): Provided, That appropriations
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hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
for replacement only: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 
$500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which 
shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 build-
ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings to be con-
structed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for entering into lease agreements at any Agri-
cultural Research Service location for the construction of 
a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the 
Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease 
shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, and 
maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re-
moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
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tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 
24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 
the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-
search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 
that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 
Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 
may be received from any State, other political subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im-
provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri-
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cultural research programs of the Department of Agri-
culture, where not otherwise provided, $57,305,000 to re-
main available until expended, of which $25,900,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $1,142,021,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activi-
ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education 
grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic serving institutions 
education grants, capacity building for non-land-grant col-
leges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research ini-
tiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural 
scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge 
grants, grants management systems, tribal colleges edu-
cation equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 institutions 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
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That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That funds for education grants for 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions 
be made available to individual eligible institutions or con-
sortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided fur-
ther, That funds for providing grants for food and agricul-
tural sciences for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 
Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 
funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 
made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That 
not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available 
by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and 
Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be re-
tained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administra-
tive costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 
authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.
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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $586,502,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That funds for extension serv-
ices at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 
1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 
less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co-
operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 
208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire-
ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 
agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $39,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds
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for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect 
costs shall not be charged against any Extension Imple-
mentation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
$1,617,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,164,209,000, of which $530,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available for the control of out-
breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for
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control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 
which $15,950,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for 
cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi-
cation zones; of which $39,183,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Serv-
ices; of which $4,096,000 shall be for activities under the 
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amend-
ed (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $64,930,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
of which $219,698,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, 
$14,986,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 
$24,067,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for zoonotic disease management; of which $44,117,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $62,562,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 
pests; of which $6,528,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 
which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 
of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 
aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 
this heading for wildlife services methods development, 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of amounts available under this head-
ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 
available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program and transition activities for the National 
Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kan-
sas: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to for-
mulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 
the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of air-
craft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 
which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 
from other appropriations or funds available to the agen-
cies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer-
gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or in-
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fectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 
for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 
of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 
8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended bal-
ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes 
in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build-
ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2023, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for 
providing such assistance, goods, or services.
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $242,913,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of 
which $7,504,000 shall be available for the purposes of 
section 12306 of Public Law 113–79: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115–334: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 
repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al-
tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to
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the development or maintenance of grain standards under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et 
seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
$21,501,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128).
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry
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Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,180,364,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2023 for purposes dedi-
cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 
$1,727,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $257,684,000: Provided, 
That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the cur-
rent fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-
count.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,229,396,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the funding made available under this heading for infor-
mation technology related to farm program delivery may 
be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and re-
ceives written or electronic notification of receipt from 
such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identi-
fies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the 
mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle 
cost for the entirety of the project/investment, including 
estimates for development as well as maintenance and op-
erations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-
onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 
with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 
Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica-
ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 
subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 
and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re-
viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap-
proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency 
shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of 
fiscal year 2023 to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress and the Government Account-
ability Office, that identifies for each project/investment 
that is operational (a) current performance against key 
indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current perform-
ance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, 
(c) current performance against a pre-established cost 
baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and planned 
spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and 
(e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 
meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives 
to the investment: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities 
(but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to make program payments for all programs administered 
by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be 
advanced to and merged with this account: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$696,594,000 shall be made available to county commit-
tees, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any funds 
made available to county committees in the current fiscal
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year that the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency 
deems to exceed or not meet the amount needed for the 
county committees may be transferred to or from the 
Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Farm 
Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency 
county offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 
available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to per-
manently relocate county based employees that would re-
sult in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 
notification and approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 
5106), $7,000,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy
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products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND 
RANCHERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse-
ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 
and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 
seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-
gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-
quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 
U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 
1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and
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Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) 
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit In-
surance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm owner-
ship direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guar-
anteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for direct op-
erating loans; emergency loans, $4,062,000; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conserva-
tion 
loans, 
$150,000,000; 
relending 
program, 
$61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 
$60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 
pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 
weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
as follows: $249,000 for emergency loans, to remain avail-
able until expended; and $23,520,000 for direct farm op-
erating loans, $11,228,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 
farm operating loans, $10,983,000 for the relending pro-
gram, and $894,000 for Indian highly fractionated land 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
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$326,461,000: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount, 
$305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 
operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 
loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 
Agency, $75,443,000; of which $4,500,000 shall be avail-
able to conduct research and development and carry out 
contracting and partnerships as described under sub-
sections 522(c) and (d) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1522(c) and (d)), in addition 
to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes: Pro-
vided, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading in this Act shall be available for compliance 
and 
integrity 
activities 
required 
under 
section 
516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 
(7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to
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amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, as author-
ized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$1,023,777,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which up to $22,973,000 shall be for the pur-
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poses, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the re-
port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build-
ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 
except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 
other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that 
the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 
U.S.C. 2250a. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 
changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 
1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi-
sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$95,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 
prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 
thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken
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shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 
purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 
treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com-
mence promptly following enactment; that address re-
gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au-
thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 
13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public 
Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec-
tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 
stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 
and sediment transport. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $5,000,000 is pro-
vided. 
HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy For-
ests Reserve Program under the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571–6578), $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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URBAN AGRICULTURE AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Urban Agri-
culture and Innovative Production Program under section 
222 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as added by sec-
tion 12302 of Public Law 115–334, $13,500,000. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-
bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 
1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-
tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
modity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
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9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in 
the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex-
penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup-
port staff for the Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 
and for cooperative agreements; $401,976,000: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities 
of the Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred 
to other agencies of the Department for such purpose, con-
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sistent with the missions and authorities of such agencies: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 
be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
support Rural Development programs: Provided further, 
That in addition to any other funds appropriated for pur-
poses authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under 
such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 
credited to this account and will remain available until ex-
pended for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,500,000,000 
shall be for direct loans, $12,000,000 shall be for a single 
family housing relending demonstration program for Na-
tive American Tribes, and $30,000,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $150,000,000 for section 515 
rental housing; $300,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales
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of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 
$5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $55,650,000 shall be for direct loans; 
$3,948,000 shall be for a single family housing relending 
demonstration program for Native American Tribes; sec-
tion 504 housing repair loans, $2,324,000; section 523 
self-help housing land development loans, $267,000; sec-
tion 524 site development loans, $208,000; and repair, re-
habilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 
housing, $28,665,000: Provided, That to support the loan 
program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 
adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan 
guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 
That applicants in communities that have a current rural 
area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 
area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro-
vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the
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amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur-
suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 until June 1, 2023: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen-
tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au-
thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities 
that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined 
by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 
be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 
and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 
income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza-
tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re-
ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 
per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section
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502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 
demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
ization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-
priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 
has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-
come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-
nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other fi-
nancial assistance including advances, payments and in-
centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason-
able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the preser-
vation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive 
use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing: Provided further, That any balances, including ob-
ligated balances, available for all demonstration programs 
for the preservation and revitalization of sections 514, 
515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties in the 
‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ 
shall be transferred to and merged with this account, and 
shall also be available for the preservation and revitaliza-
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tion of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental 
housing properties, including the restructuring of existing 
USDA multi-family housing loans: Provided further, That 
following the transfer of balances described in the pre-
ceding proviso, any adjustments to obligations for dem-
onstration programs for the preservation and revitaliza-
tion of sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental 
housing properties that would otherwise be incurred in the 
‘‘Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’ 
shall be made in this account from amounts transferred 
to this account under the preceding proviso. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 
$18,126,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 
in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, $1,493,926,000, of which $40,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2024; and in addi-
tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec-
tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 
fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental 
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 
current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
available for newly constructed units financed under sec-
tion 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided 
further, That upon request by an owner of a project fi-
nanced by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of 
the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 
agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of 
such loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-
ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
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ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, main-
tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2023 for a farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con-
secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten-
ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as-
sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist-
ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist-
ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex-
cept as provided in the fifth proviso under this heading 
and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2023 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 
rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur-
rent needs.
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RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-
withstanding subsection (b) of such section, $38,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
funds made available under this heading shall be available 
for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 
(including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 
in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 
been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 
2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 
shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 
vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-
ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 
by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That in addition to any 
other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more 
than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 
available under this heading, for administrative expenses 
for activities funded under this heading.
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $33,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and 
rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$48,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for di-
rect loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
for rural community facilities programs as authorized by 
section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$194,865,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which up to $126,865,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the table ti-
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tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That $8,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop 
the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community- 
based housing and community development organizations, 
low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-
vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-
posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an 
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances from prior year appropria-
tions under this heading for the cost of direct loans, loan 
guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated or 
cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs 
for direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading 
in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from
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amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolu-
tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
for Division A of Public Law 117–103 described in section 
4 in the matter preceding such division A: Provided fur-
ther, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for community facilities 
grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 
306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sec-
tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 
(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$88,800,000 
(increased 
by 
$15,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated under this head-
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ing, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 
one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 
promote economic development and $9,000,000 shall be 
for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commis-
sion (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appalachian Re-
gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any 
Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as de-
scribed in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent 
may be used for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 
promote economic development: Provided further, That 
sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 
available under this heading.
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INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $3,313,000, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $331,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2023, for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $663,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2023, for Mississippi Delta Re-
gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification 
Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic develop-
ment and job creation projects, $50,000,000.
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The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro-
moting rural economic development and job creation 
projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,600,000 (in-
creased by $700,000), of which $2,800,000 (increased by 
$700,000) shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for 
grants for cooperative development centers, individual co-
operatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 
disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
groups; and of which $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
uct market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 
section 6402 of Public Law 107–171.
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RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct loans authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (U.S.C. 2008s), $25,000,000. 
For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 
grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $10,045,000 (in-
creased by $10,045,000) (reduced by $10,045,000): Pro-
vided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent 
with section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to sup-
port projects that provide access to healthy food in under-
served areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to
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revitalize low-income communities, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs of 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
as 
follows: 
$1,450,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 
guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, 
waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 
306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $685,072,000 (increased by 
$418,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such
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training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $37,500,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist-
ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which 
$8,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali-
fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or-
ganization, with experience in working with small commu-
nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 
with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan-
ning, financing, development, operation, and management 
of water and waste water systems, and of which not less 
than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
American organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $20,762,000 (increased by 
$418,000) of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-
sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be for solid waste management 
grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount
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appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under 
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior year bal-
ances for high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) 
shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities 
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,810,000 of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading shall be available as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate for water and waste direct one 
percent loans for distressed communities: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary determines that any portion of the 
amount made available for one percent loans is not needed 
for such loans, the Secretary may use such amounts, for 
grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
if any funds made available for the direct loan subsidy 
costs remain unobligated after July 31, 2024, such unobli-
gated balances may be used for grant programs funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That sections 381E– 
H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act are not applicable to the funds made available 
under this heading.
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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, and 317 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 
and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant 
to section 306, guaranteed electric loans, $2,167,000,000; 
loans made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding 
4(c)(2), of that Act, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of 
that Act, cost-of-money direct loans, $4,333,000,000; 
loans made pursuant to section 313A of that Act, guaran-
teed underwriting loans, $800,000,000; and for loans 
made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, cost of 
money telecommunications loans, $690,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
$3,726,000. 
In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Pro-
vided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by
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the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a demon-
strable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
funding provided under this heading for grants under sec-
tion 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act may only be provided to entities that meet all 
of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established 
by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 
sections 601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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For the broadband loan and grant pilot program es-
tablished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $465,513,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $15,513,000 shall be for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this ac-
count in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may award grants described in section 601(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such 
pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct 
loans shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 
percent of the households to be served by a project receiv-
ing a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 
a rural area without sufficient access to broadband: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, 
a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall 
be defined as twenty-five megabytes per second down-
stream and three megabytes per second upstream: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv-
ing funds provided under the pilot program must build 
out service to at least one hundred megabytes per second
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downstream, and twenty megabytes per second upstream: 
Provided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant 
is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan 
or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a 
service area by any entity that has received a broadband 
loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service 
is not provided sufficient access to broadband at the min-
imum service threshold: Provided further, That not more 
than four percent of the funds made available in this para-
graph can be used for administrative costs to carry out 
the pilot program and up to three percent of funds made 
available in this paragraph may be available for technical 
assistance and pre-development planning activities to sup-
port the most rural communities: Provided further, That 
the Rural Utilities Service is directed to expedite program 
delivery methods that would implement this paragraph: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service 
area assessment requirements set forth in section 701 of 
the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 
In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3.
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 
21; $28,619,957,000 (increased by $3,000,000) (increased 
by $3,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2024, of which such sums as 
are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and
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available for the same time period and purposes as pro-
vided herein: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
$20,162,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): 
Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$12,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) shall remain avail-
able until expended to carry out section 18(g) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant 
amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient in 
fiscal year 2023 shall not exceed $500,000: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount available, $40,000,000 (in-
creased by $3,000,000) shall be available to provide com-
petitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local 
educational agencies and schools to purchase the equip-
ment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve 
healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support 
the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 
breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 
amount available, $50,000,000 shall remain available until
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expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture 
Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$10,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) shall be available 
until September 30, 2024 to carry out section 23 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which 
$2,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and American Samoa: Provided further, 
That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010 through 2024’’: Provided further, That 
section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’: Provided further, That section 
9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’.
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 
and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall use funds made 
available under this heading to increase the amount of a 
cash-value voucher for women and children participants 
to an amount recommended by the National Academies 
of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for in-
flation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 
formula except in accordance with the cost containment 
and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 
17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That upon termination of a federally man-
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dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi-
tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re-
quest of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
$111,180,895,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000,000), of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2025, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education serv-
ices to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes 
participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, shall be used to carry out 
section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating to dem-
onstration projects for tribal organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work
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registration or workfare requirements as may be required 
by law: Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-
ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-
ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals, and payments to States 
or other non-Federal entities, pursuant to the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for unan-
ticipated costs incurred for the last three months of the 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as
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authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $469,710,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2023 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 
use up to 20 percent for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
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tion assistance program, $231,378,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-
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tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$234,913,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024, for overseas op-
erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made 
available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
main available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
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cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $265,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, not more than 
10 percent, but not less than $26,500,000, shall remain 
available until expended to purchase agricultural commod-
ities as described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program,
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GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 
carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 
of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to
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be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 
to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 
Public Law 107–188; $6,484,171,000 (increased by 
$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$500,000) (increased by $500,000): Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $1,224,132,000 shall 
be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $248,342,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended; $550,449,000 shall be de-
rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $40,841,000 shall be 
derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au-
thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 
this account and remain available until expended; 
$32,238,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; 
$29,459,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
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uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 
user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-
cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 
new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 
year 2023 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-
sessments for fiscal year 2023, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal 
year 2023, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2023 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of 
such fees assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by
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31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,244,007,000 shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 
foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $2,225,209,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 
shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec-
tions and shall remain available until expended, and 
$15,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for co-
ordinating programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
Administration with those of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
combat the illicit importation of opioids, including 
fentanyl, through international mail facilities and land 
ports-of entry; (3) $477,782,000 shall be for the Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$295,999,000 (increased by $8,000,000) shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $682,221,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological
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Health and for related field activities in the Office of Reg-
ulatory Affairs; (6) $77,893,000 shall be for the National 
Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $677,165,000 shall 
be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$216,603,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $56,011,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (9) $237,917,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10) 
$349,375,000 (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) shall be for other activities, including the Of-
fice of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office 
of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Operations, 
the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 
of this amount shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 
of funds pursuant to, and for the administration of, sec-
tion 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made 
available under this heading for other activities and shall 
not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
amounts that are made available under this heading for
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‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 
$1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the 
programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 
from one specified activity to another with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb– 
4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs
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authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration, where not otherwise provided, $16,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Food and Drug Administration Salaries 
and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
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vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the account: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
not less than $4,567,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 
of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and
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liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 
in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 
and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That the purposes of section 
3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 
2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may 
exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-
tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export 
loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a
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manner other than described in subclause (II) of the 
clause. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 
made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 
to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2023 
does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased 
in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 
additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine 
that such vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, 
to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 
property, and public safety: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not increase the Department of Agri-
culture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary 
notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
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ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of property, plant and equipment and for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-
cial, and administrative information technology services, 
and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology serv-
ices, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, 
such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad-
ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
section shall be available for obligation without written no-
tification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 
made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
make any changes to the Department’s National Finance 
Center without written notification to and prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided
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further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes 
to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 
functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and 
the Chief Information Officer, co-located with or from the 
National Finance Center prior to written notification to 
and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the 
requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the National Finance Center Information Tech-
nology Services Division personnel and data center man-
agement responsibilities, and control of any functions, 
missions, and systems for current and future human re-
sources management and integrated personnel and payroll 
systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Finan-
cial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain 
in the National Finance Center and under the manage-
ment responsibility and administrative control of the Na-
tional Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-
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roll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 
the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-
tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services, and other 
systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-
foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 
the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 
of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 
the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of
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the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
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SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in
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the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has 
repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan 
under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not- 
for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 
under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 
as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated 
balances from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency 
shall remain available through September 30, 2024, for 
information technology expenses. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall re-
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main available through September 30, 2024, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title 
I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that 
is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total
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amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (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 crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000