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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 in the Report ac-
companying this Act, whichever is more detailed, un-
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less 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 in the 
Report accompanying this Act 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 
and to all programs for which new budget 
(obligational) authority is provided, as well as 
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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 2024 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025, 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 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
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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’’). 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
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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-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
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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 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
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(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. 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-
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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. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
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SEC. 419. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used to oper-
ate, procure, or enter into a contracting action related to 
acquire unmanned aircraft systems, as defined under sec-
tion 44801 of title 49, United States Code, manufactured 
by an entity that is— 
(1) included on the Consolidated Screening List 
or Entity List as designated by the Secretary of 
Commerce; 
(2) included in the Chinese Military-Industrial 
Complex list by the Secretary of the Treasury; 
(3) included in the 1260H list by the Secretary 
of Defense; 
(4) domiciled in the People’s Republic of China; 
(5) subject to influence or control by the gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China; or 
(6) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (5). 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an operation, 
procurement, or contracting action that— 
(1) is for purposes of counter-UAS testing, 
analysis, training, or aviation safety testing and re-
search; and 
(2) notification is provided in writing not later 
than 15 days after making an expenditure to such 
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an operation, procurement, or contracting action to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate in a manner that 
identifies the unmanned aircraft system and in-
tended use of such system, provided that such notifi-
cation may include a classified annex, as necessary. 
SEC. 420. Of the unobligated balances available in 
Public Law 117-169, $25,035,000,000 available under 
section 10301(1)(A)(ii) as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act are permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 
professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach-
es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit-
ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 
concept that condones an individual being discriminated 
against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 
on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom-
fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis-
tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 
as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 
superior to another race, the United States or its institu-
tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 
as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 
of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char-
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acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 
individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 
in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 
or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 
by a particular race to oppress another race. 
SEC. 422. The Secretary of Transportation and the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall pro-
vide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly written notification regarding the status of 
pending congressional reports. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to establish, administer, or enforce any re-
quirement to elevate any structure that is newly con-
structed, substantially repaired, or substantially improved 
and is located within the areas impacted or distressed as 
a result of a major disaster declared pursuant to the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and within a special flood 
hazard area for purposes of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, to an elevation higher than the elevation re-
quired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
under the National Flood Insurance Program. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
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Development in contravention of section 312 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5155). 
SEC. 425. With respect to a person who has received 
Federal assistance for a major disaster or emergency 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) related to 
Major Disaster Declarations for Disaster Number 4263 
from March of 2016 or Disaster Number 4277 from Au-
gust of 2016, none of the funds under this or a prior Act 
shall be used to enforce an income threshold to limit the 
eligibility of such recipient from qualifying for a waiver 
of the general prohibition of the duplication of benefits 
under section 312(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5155(b)(4)) for assistance made available under section 
145(a) of division C of Public Law 114-223, section 
192(b) of division C of Public Law 114-223, or section 
421 of division K of Public Law 115-31. 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor-
tation originating from the United States if such flights 
would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 
the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi-
nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 
by the Cuban Government, and property are defined in 
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paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 
4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 
7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 
air transportation shall include any flights not already reg-
ularly scheduled prior to May 2022. 
SEC. 427. (a) In the table of projects in the explana-
tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 
Law 117-103) the item relating to ‘‘Midland Center for 
the Arts only for structural improvements’’ is deemed to 
be amended by striking recipient ‘‘City of Midland’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Midland Center for the Arts.’’ 
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 
Public Law 117-328)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘River Road Homes Af-
fordable Housing Infrastructure’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ‘‘Town of Canaan’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Falls Village Housing Trust Inc.’’; 
and 
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(2) the item relating to ‘‘The Star Community 
Family Life Center’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking recipient ‘‘The Star Community Family Life 
Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Morning Star Baptist Life 
Center Five Star Program, Inc.’’ 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used for any activities related 
to the implementation of Priced Zones (Cordon Pricing) 
under the Value Pricing Pilot Program or New York 
City’s Central Business District Tolling Program. 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used for any program, 
project, or activity associated with the collection of tolls 
on Interstate Route 5 or Interstate Route 205 in the State 
of Oregon. 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 
Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 
a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 
of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 
of the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; the official flag of a 
U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 
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SEC. 431. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As 
used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any 
action taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
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