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FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes author-
ized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 
7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, $46,900,000: 
Provided, That $3,385,000 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $93,400,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 
replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of 
Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and construc-
tion at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s 
Home National Cemetery, $62,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $2,500,000 shall be for study, planning and 
design, and architect and engineering services for Memorial Avenue 
improvements at Arlington National Cemetery; and $60,000,000 
shall be for planning and design and construction associated with 
the Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $75,360,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, of which $7,300,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and renova-
tion of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—
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Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $25,000,000 shall be paid 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses related to 
design, planning, and construction for renovation of the Sheridan 
Building at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, $77,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be paid from the general fund of the Treasury to the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and shall be available 
until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. 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. 402. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 403. All departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 
States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public
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Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary informa-
tion. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 408. (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 nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first- 
class travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 
Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,463,159,000, of which 
$844,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
of which up to $3,813,707,000 may remain available until expended 
for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with para-
graphs (1) through (4), as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 
training, human resources management, and salaries, including 
employment without regard to civil service and classification 
laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 
36), $3,420,898,000, of which up to $684,767,000 is for World-
wide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law, $1,841,831,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For necessary 
expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 
including representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized, $1,043,372,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $3,157,058,000, of which up to $3,128,940,000 
is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 
and publication programs and from fees from educational 
advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 
and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT-
TERS.—