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Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 
in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 
for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 
to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both;
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and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2022.
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SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2023 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
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ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2023 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services shall be available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 
Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative 
Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human 
Resources and Administration for all services provided at 
rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed 
$86,481,000 for the Office of Resolution Management, Di-
versity and Inclusion, $6,812,000 for the Office of Employ-
ment 
Discrimination 
Complaint 
Adjudication, 
and 
$4,576,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution function
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within the Office of Human Resources and Administration: 
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for serv-
ices to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘Gen-
eral Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the serv-
ice. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
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counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in-
cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 
rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 
Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department
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of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2023 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 
may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In-
formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 
That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support
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and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 
up to $330,140,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds 
may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That section 220 of title II of divi-
sion J of Public Law 117–103 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2023, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, up to $314,825,000, plus reimbursements, may
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be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration
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Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 
minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 
section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec-
tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans
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Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
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gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 
‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
114–223: Provided further, That the report shall also in-
clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 
Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 
Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
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tions made available for fiscal year 2023 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2023, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con-
gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 
not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 
appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 
as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 
and
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(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive 
action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 
appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 
position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a posi-
tion relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, Presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc-
tive. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 
a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub-
section (a) during the 5-year period beginning on January 
1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data and 
data collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 
(1) shall—
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(A) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 
receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 
health services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not con-
tinue receiving, mental health care who commit sui-
cide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described 
in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2024, none of the 
funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration Clin-
ical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Vet-
erans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer 
Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Vet-
erans Health Administration National Center for Health 
Promotion and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account may be used to provide—
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(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 
the spouse of a covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 
as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code, who has a service-connected dis-
ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 
a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 
section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
as described in the memorandum on the subject of 
‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 
Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 
II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 
April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 
such policy, including any limitations on the amount
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of such benefits available to such a member except 
that— 
(A) the time periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 
III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 
shall not apply; and 
(B) 
such 
term 
includes 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and 
storage. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the De-
partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such in-
struction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 
in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require-
ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141).
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SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 236. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 
not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 
Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Admin-
istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con-
tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 
51 percent owned by one or more Indian Tribes as defined 
in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 
or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec-
tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 
SEC. 237. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis-
continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
individuals in all information systems of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws
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administered by the Secretary, not later than March 
23, 2023. 
(2) For all individuals not described in para-
graph (1), not later than March 23, 2026. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual in an 
information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
if and only if the use of such number is required to obtain 
information the Secretary requires from an information 
system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
(c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall super-
sede section 238 of division F of Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of division A of Public Law 
114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 
any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 240. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 
2024 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each
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year to carry out and expand the child care program au-
thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith-
standing subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 
resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem-
bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 
prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 
SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024, sec-
tion 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by 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 the access of the 
Inspector General to such records, documents, or other ma-
terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of
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law that expressly refers to such Inspector General and ex-
pressly limits the right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, doc-
uments, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector 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 Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by 
any department or agency covered by this section to comply 
with this requirement. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 
times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration may be used in fiscal year 2023 to convert any pro-
gram which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 
2022 to a general purpose funded program unless the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs submits written notification of 
any such proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such 
action and an approval is issued by the Committees. 
SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024, sec-
tion 248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 
research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses 
any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifi-
cally and in writing pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 
the conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 
2019, using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the 
Secretary determines that— 
(A) the scientific objectives of the research can 
only be met by using such canines, felines, or non- 
human primates; 
(B) such scientific objectives are directly related 
to an illness or injury that is combat-related; and 
(C) the research is consistent with the revised 
Department of Veterans Affairs canine research policy
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document dated December 15, 2017, including any 
subsequent revisions to such document. 
(2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority 
under this subsection. 
(c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursu-
ant to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the com-
mencement of such research, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report describing— 
(1) the nature of the research to be conducted 
using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(2) the date on which the Secretary approved the 
research; 
(3) the justification for the determination of the 
Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research 
could only be met using canines, felines, or non- 
human primates; 
(4) the frequency and duration of such research; 
and 
(5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of the research. 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to such Committees a report describing—
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(1) any research being conducted by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or 
non-human primates as of the date of the submittal 
of the report; 
(2) the circumstances under which such research 
was conducted using canines, felines, or non-human 
primates; 
(3) the justification for using canines, felines, or 
non-human primates to conduct such research; and 
(4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of such research. 
(e) The Department shall implement a plan under 
which the Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research 
conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates 
by not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita-
tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ-
ment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
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report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
each such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to- 
staff ratio for each such program. 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account 
in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 
may be used for expenses that would otherwise be payable 
from the Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as 
amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 through 
2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by section 1741 
of title 38, United States Code) shall remain in the ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal years. 
SEC. 251. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, in this 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and
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‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts, $840,446,000 shall be made available for gender-spe-
cific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for 
women veterans. 
SEC. 252. Of the unobligated balances available in fis-
cal year 2023 in the ‘‘Recurring Expenses Trans-
formational Fund’’ established in section 243 of division 
J of Public Law 114–113, and in addition to any funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes in this, prior, 
or subsequent fiscal years, the following amounts shall be 
available for the following purposes during the period of 
availability of the Fund: 
(1) $804,510,000, for constructing, altering, ex-
tending, and improving medical facilities of the Vet-
erans Health Administration, including all sup-
porting activities and required contingencies; 
(2) $88,490,000, for facilities improvements at 
existing medical facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; and 
(3) $75,000,000, for the deployment, upgrade, or 
installation of infrastructure or equipment to support 
goals established in Executive Order 14057: 
Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds pro-
vided in this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
must provide a plan for the execution of the funds appro-
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priated in this subsection to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed: Provided further, That funds may be repro-
grammed among the three purposes subject to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs providing a request with the amount 
and purpose of the reprogramming to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and such Com-
mittees issuing an approval, or absent a response, a period 
of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 253. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a quarterly report on the status of the ‘‘Veterans Med-
ical Care and Health Fund’’, established to execute section 
8002 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2): Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall in-
clude an update on obligations by program, project or activ-
ity and a plan for expending the remaining funds: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit 
notification of any plans to reallocate funds from the cur-
rent apportionment categories of ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’, or ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Re-
search’’, including the amount and purpose of each realloca-
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tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and such Committees issue an approval, or ab-
sent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 254. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary 
and administered by a corporation referred to in section 
7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 
2017 and September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out 
an order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs 
pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, 
that are available for obligation pursuant to section 
7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain 
available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
by such corporation during the period of performance of 
such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
determines that such amounts need to remain available for 
such liquidation. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 255. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations 
Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Asset and Infrastructure Review’’, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Departmental Administration—Veterans Elec-
tronic Health Record’’, $150,000,000; and
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‘‘Departmental 
Administration—Construction, 
Major Projects’’, $76,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 256. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs hos-
pitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental 
assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing 
Veterans Health Administration medical facilities as part 
of a planned realignment of services until the Secretary 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a report including an analysis of how 
any such planned realignment of services will impact access 
to care for veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, 
including travel distances and transportation costs to access 
a Department medical facility and availability of local spe-
cialty and primary care. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 257. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Recur-
ring Expenses Transformational Fund’’ established in sec-
tion 243 of division J of Public Law 114–113, $90,874,000 
is hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 258. Unobligated balances available under the 
headings ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construc-
tion, Minor Projects’’ may be obligated by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 2(e)(1) 
of the Communities Helping Invest through Property and 
Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide ad-
ditional funds or to fund an escalation clause under such 
section of such Act: Provided, That before such unobligated 
balances are obligated pursuant to this section, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to obligate such unobligated balances and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed: Provided further, That the request to obligate 
such unobligated balances must provide Congress notice 
that the entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 
114–294, as amended, has exhausted available cost contain-
ment approaches as set forth in the agreement under section 
2(c) of such Public Law.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$87,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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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 report-
ing 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 Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$93,400,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main 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 Depart-
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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 re-
lated to design, planning, and construction for renovation 
of the Sheridan Building at the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Washington, District of Columbia, $77,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be paid from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries.
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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’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee 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.
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SEC. 405. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations 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 Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired 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 propri-
etary information. 
(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.
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SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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. 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 appro-
priated 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
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States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses 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 Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION 
K—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 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 avail-
able 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 
available under this heading shall be allocated in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses 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 author-
ized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11;
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Chapter 36), $3,420,898,000, of which up to 
$684,767,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses 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 cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and 
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized, $1,043,372,000. 
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $3,157,058,000, of which 
up to $3,128,940,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
ceived 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 MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 
and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 
this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under 
this heading for Worldwide Security Protection, 
not to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, to be available 
only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as 
authorized: Provided, That the exercise of the au-
thority provided by this subparagraph shall be
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subject to prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 
31, United States Code, for the field examination 
of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available to support the activities 
of the Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Re-
gion, as described in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(E) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, up to $75,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
in title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’: Provided, That the exercise of 
the authority provided by this subparagraph 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(F) The eleventh proviso under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in the De-
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partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (title I 
of division J of Public Law 110–161) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and for expenses of rewards pro-
grams’’ after ‘‘for rewards payments’’. 
(G) Consistent with section 204 of the Ad-
miral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
2000 and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), up to 
$25,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading may be obligated and ex-
pended for United States participation in inter-
national fairs and expositions abroad, including 
for construction and operation of a United 
States pavilion at Expo 2025. 
(H) Of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to a postsecondary edu-
cational institution for the purpose of estab-
lishing a program to increase the participation 
of undergraduate students in the Foreign Serv-
ice, as authorized by section 150 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 
and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2719): Provided, That such
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grant program shall hereafter be named the 
‘‘Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program’’. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $389,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $98,500,000, of which $14,775,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading are made available notwith-
standing section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspec-
tions. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction over-
sight, $35,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for the printing and reproduc-
tion costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs 
during the prior fiscal year. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural ex-
change programs, as authorized, $777,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than
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$287,500,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not 
less than $115,000,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Pro-
gram: Provided, That fees or other payments received from, 
or in connection with, English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That a 
portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 
Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading that are made available for the Ben-
jamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall 
also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars 
Program, pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available for the Arctic Exchange Program: 
Provided further, That any substantive modifications from 
the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under 
this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations.
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REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to en-
able the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary pro-
tective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 
property that are owned or leased by the Department of 
State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, $902,615,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation ex-
penses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de-
partments and agencies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,055,206,000, to remain available until expended.
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 
Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $4,753,048. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $34,083,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees col-
lected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facili-
ties at the International Center in accordance with section 
4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553),
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and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by such 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,438,000,000, of which 
$96,240,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the 
time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, trans-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent 
biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the op-
erations of the United Nations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, 
as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations 
action to increase funding for any United Nations program
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without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget: Provided further, That any pay-
ment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to 
activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of interest 
costs made known to the United States Government by such 
organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,481,915,000, of which $740,958,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security 
Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is prac-
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ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: 
(1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objec-
tives of the mission, the national interest that will be served, 
and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay 
the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated 
cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com-
mitting acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other viola-
tions of human rights, and to hold accountable individuals 
who engage in such acts while participating in such mis-
sion, including prosecution in their home countries and 
making information about such prosecutions publicly avail-
able on the website of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Na-
tions and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping 
troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure 
that such troops have not violated human rights: Provided
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further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex-
penses unless the Secretary of State determines that United 
States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given op-
portunities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading may be used for any 
United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a rec-
ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
terest of the United States and the President has submitted 
to Congress such a recommendation: Provided further, That 
any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation expenses, as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$57,935,000, of which $8,690,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $53,030,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs for the United States Sec-
tion, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the United States 
Section, which shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That such transfer
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authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants and 
the Community Assistance Program of the North American 
Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading for the International 
Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2024, and up to $9,000 may be made 
available for representation expenses: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be 
made available for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$65,719,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
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RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States 
Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry 
out international communication activities, and to make 
and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television 
broadcasting to the Middle East, $875,000,000, of which 
$43,750,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $60,708,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading may remain 
available until expended for satellite transmissions and 
Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 
$40,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for rep-
resentation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such 
expenses within the United States as authorized, and not 
to exceed $30,000 may be used for representation expenses 
of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be allo-
cated in accordance with the table included under this head-
ing in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):
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Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous pro-
viso, funds may be reprogrammed within and between 
amounts designated in such table, subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
except that no such reprogramming may reduce a des-
ignated amount by more than 5 percent: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available in accordance with the principles and standards 
set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 
and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204): Provided 
further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
any determination by the USAGM that any of its broadcast 
entities, including its grantee organizations, provides an 
open platform for international terrorists or those who sup-
port international terrorism, or is in violation of the prin-
ciples and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of 
such Act or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided 
further, That in addition to funds made available under 
this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev-
enue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts 
from cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice
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of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 
shall remain available until expended for carrying out au-
thorized purposes: Provided further, That significant modi-
fications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justified to 
Congress, including changes to transmission platforms 
(shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and tele-
vision), for all USAGM language services shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 
from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance account may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any transfer authority otherwise available under 
any other provision of law and shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 
as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition
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to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
$9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $22,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, which shall not be used 
for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 
633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and 
earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2023, to remain available until expended.
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EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2023, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 
of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which are 
not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on com-
pensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2023, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and
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Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$22,000,000. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), 
$315,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$205,632,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus-
tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$109,368,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided, 
That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $819,000, as 
authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, 
That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2023:
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Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such au-
thority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, including not 
more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000
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(22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not more 
than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa-
tion expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita-
tions, and conditions contained in the second through fifth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2023 and shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading.
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TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,743,350,000, of which up to $261,503,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 
be made available to finance the construction (including ar-
chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the USAID Administrator 
has identified such proposed use of funds in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 
days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That contracts or agreements entered into 
with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 
commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the 
following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority 
of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such
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Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 
be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed 
$100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID 
during the current fiscal year: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, up to 
$20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $259,100,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$80,500,000, of which up to $12,075,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment.