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gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and 
section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed 
in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert- 
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insur-
ance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 
Stat. 1020), $225,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, which shall be derived from offsetting 
amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which 
$18,500,000 shall be available for mission support associ-
ated with flood management; and of which $206,500,000 
shall be available for flood plain management and flood 
mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur-
suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offset-
ting collections to this account, to be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2023, no funds shall be available from
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the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) 
in excess of— 
(1) $223,770,000 for operating expenses and sal-
aries and expenses associated with flood insurance op-
erations; 
(2) $960,647,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the 
National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other 
amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 
102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section
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1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available 
to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec-
essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyberse-
curity threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent agen-
cies, corporations, establishments, and instrumentalities of 
the Federal Government of the United States, state, local, 
tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers as described 
in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 
124h), and Information and Analysis Organizations. 
SEC. 302. (a) The Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency (or the Director’s designee) 
shall provide the briefings to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Quarterly Budget and Staffing 
Briefings’’ in the explanatory statement for division F of
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Public Law 117–103 described in section 4 in the matter 
preceding division A of such Public Law— 
(1) with respect to the first quarter of fiscal year 
2023, not later than the later of 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act or January 30, 2023; and 
(2) with respect to each subsequent fiscal quarter 
in fiscal year 2023, not later than 21 days after the 
end of each such quarter. 
(b) In the event that any such briefing required during 
this fiscal year under subsection (a) is not provided, the 
amount made available in title III to the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ations and Support’’ shall be reduced by $50,000 for each 
day of noncompliance with subsection (a), and the amount 
made available under such heading and specified in the de-
tailed funding table in the explanatory statement for this 
division described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act) for Management and 
Business Activities shall be correspondingly reduced by an 
equivalent amount. 
SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) 
or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of 
the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
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cy—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the recipient for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 
apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 
under such paragraph (3). 
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding section 2004(e)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605(e)(1)), the 
meaning of ‘‘total funds appropriated for grants under this 
section and section 2003’’ in each place that it appears shall 
not include any funds provided for the Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program in paragraph (3) under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ 
in this Act. 
SEC. 305. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made avail-
able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall sub-
mit applications not later than 80 days after the grant an-
nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 306. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Adminis-
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trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 
5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 
$1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 307. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a building 
or other physical facility. 
SEC. 308. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster Relief 
Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2023 with respect to 
budget year 2024 and current fiscal year 2023, respec-
tively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 
2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 
after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response 
grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency may grant waivers from the requirements 
in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), 
and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 310. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 
fiscal year 2023, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
(42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program for the next fiscal year. 
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 
fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of pro-
viding such services, including administrative costs of col-
lecting such fees. 
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting col-
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lections and will become available for authorized purposes 
on October 1, 2023, and remain available until expended. 
SEC. 311. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency may waive 
subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for operations and support, including for 
the E-Verify Program and for the Refugee and Inter-
national Operations Programs, $242,981,000: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes, and shall not 
be construed to require any reduction of any fee described 
in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship 
and Integration Grant Program, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
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ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$354,552,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$7,180 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $51,995,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for acquisition of necessary additional real 
property and facilities, construction and ongoing mainte-
nance, facility improvements and related expenses of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for operations and support, including the pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $384,107,000, of 
which $219,897,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $55,216,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for research and development, $461,218,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 
$151,970,000, of which $50,446,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,250 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $75,204,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 
$64,615,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activi-
ties, $139,183,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, 
for areas where the Administrator of General Services does 
not provide vehicles for lease. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those 
areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ 
residences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided by employees (including employees serving on a
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temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services of the Department of Homeland Security who 
are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigra-
tion Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investiga-
tive Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services may be used for the collection and 
use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services Application Support Center that is overseen 
virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
personnel using appropriate technology. 
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to 
Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred par-
ticipating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall 
lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 
process to continue the implementation of measuring and 
assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en-
forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
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SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 
‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 
from Government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31 
U.S.C. 1535(b)). 
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. 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. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2023, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the components funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project,
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or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by Fed-
eral employees in the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or 
more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as 
approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of Home-
land Security by this Act or provided by previous appro-
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priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria-
tions if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified at least 30 
days in advance of such transfer, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
appropriations based upon an initial notification provided 
after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that 
imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protec-
tion of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts that 
remain available for obligation in the current year. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by 
8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.
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SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Pub-
lic Law 115–31), related to the operations of a working cap-
ital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made available 
in this Act in the same manner as such section applied 
to funds made available in that Act. 
(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obli-
gated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from 
components of the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2024, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for fiscal 
year 2023 in this Act shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, in the account and for the purposes for 
which the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification 
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author-
ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
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tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2023 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2023. 
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware-
ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts in 
such authorization for such account shall be transferred to 
and merged with amounts made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Support’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 
under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives on a plan for the use of such 
funds. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives at least 3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a De-
partment of Homeland Security multiple award con-
tract, or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess 
of $4,000,000;
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(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds; 
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), in-
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made 
without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 
such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap-
propriated; the type of contract; and the account from 
which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional
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facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without advance notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen-
ters’ facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 
any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 
for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 
of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. No Federal funds may be available to pay 
the salary of any employee serving as a contracting officer’s 
representative, or anyone acting in a similar capacity, who 
has not received contracting officer’s representative train-
ing. 
SEC. 511. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E 
of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall
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apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 
the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 
available in that Act. 
SEC. 512. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 516. Any official that is required by this Act to 
report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein.
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SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of 
agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 519. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 520. (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, territorial, 
or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car-
rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica-
tion activities.
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SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Department 
of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 
unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, 
or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other-
wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 
to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter-
mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
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and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination. 
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 
conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
United States attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and of foreign governments, inter-
national organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Se-
curity of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually with-
out travel away from their permanent duty station within 
the United States shall not be counted for purposes of this 
section, and the prohibition contained in this section shall 
not apply to payments for the costs of attendance for such 
employees. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event. 
SEC. 525. (a) None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 
may be obligated for the implementation of any structural 
pay reform or the introduction of any new position classi-
fication that will affect more than 100 full-time positions 
or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the
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end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a 
notification that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
rent fiscal year and through the Future Years Home-
land Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 
compensation alternatives to such change that were 
considered by the Department. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 
proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 
(2) funds for such change have not been explic-
itly denied or restricted in this Act. 
SEC. 526. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this 
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—
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(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for not less than 45 days except as other-
wise specified in law. 
SEC. 527. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, 
construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to 
end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal 
property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 528. The authority provided by section 532 of 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and sec-
ondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect dur-
ing fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following 
persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting over-
sight, any facility operated by or for the Department of 
Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house
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aliens, or to make any temporary modification at any such 
facility that in any way alters what is observed by a vis-
iting Member of Congress or such designated employee, com-
pared to what would be observed in the absence of such 
modification: 
(1) A Member of Congress. 
(2) An employee of the United States House of 
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this sec-
tion. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require 
a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent 
to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose 
of conducting oversight. 
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 
that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of an 
intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 530. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary 
law enforcement or other emergency personnel costs for pro-
tection activities directly and demonstrably associated with
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any residence of the President that is designated or identi-
fied to be secured by the United States Secret Service. 
(b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141), shall be applied with respect 
to amounts made available by subsection (a) of this section 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2023’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ 
and ‘‘October 1, 2022’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 531. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De-
partment of Homeland Security (including during trans-
port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil-
ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
pregnant woman if— 
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of 
Homeland Security makes an individualized deter-
mination that the woman— 
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 
cannot be prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat 
to harm herself or others that cannot be pre-
vented by other means; or
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(2) a medical professional responsible for the 
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
ical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to sub-
section (b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, 
as determined by the appropriate medical professional 
treating the woman, may be used. In no case may restraints 
be used on a woman who is in active labor or delivery, 
and in no case may a pregnant woman be restrained in 
a face-down position with four-point restraints, on her 
back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area of the 
pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized by re-
straints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, 
on her left side. 
SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, or 
other record pertaining to any— 
(1) death of, 
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated 
against, or 
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis-
ruption committed by 
an individual held in the custody of the Department of 
Homeland Security.
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(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti-
gation, to an individual who has been charged with a crime, 
been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished as a re-
sult of an allegation described in paragraph (3), upon the 
request of such individual. 
SEC. 533. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner as 
such section applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 534. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the unfunded priorities, for the De-
partment of Homeland Security and separately for each de-
partmental component, for which discretionary funding 
would be classified as budget function 050. 
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 
each such unfunded priority—
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(1) a summary description, including the objec-
tives to be achieved if such priority is funded (wheth-
er in whole or in part); 
(2) the description, including the objectives to be 
achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole 
or in part); 
(3) account information, including the following 
(as applicable): 
(A) appropriation account; and 
(B) program, project, or activity name; and 
(4) the additional number of full-time or part- 
time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 
the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— 
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 
subsection (a); 
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ-
ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 
Department; and 
(3) would have been recommended for funding 
through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(A) additional resources had been available 
for the budget to fund the requirement; 
(B) the requirement has emerged since the 
budget was formulated; or
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(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 
prior-year investments. 
SEC. 535. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 
protection under any authority for a former or retired Gov-
ernment official or employee, or for an individual who, dur-
ing the duration of the directed protection, will become a 
former or retired Government official or employee (referred 
to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit a notification to con-
gressional leadership and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives (referred to in this section as the ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’). 
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 
form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 
threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici-
pated cost and duration of such protection.
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(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days 
before terminating, protection for a covered individual, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notification 
regarding the extension or termination and any change to 
the threat assessment to the congressional leadership and 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the congressional leadership and the appro-
priate congressional committees, which may be submitted 
in classified form, if necessary, detailing each covered indi-
vidual, and the scope and associated cost of protection. 
SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds provided to the De-
partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 
may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro-
posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as authorized 
by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of an ini-
tial project proposal to the Technology Modernization 
Board, the head of the agency— 
(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
proposed submission of the project proposal;
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(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
a copy of the project proposal; and 
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro-
posed project funding would supplement or supplant 
funding requested as part of the Department’s most 
recent budget submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department of 
Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization Fund 
shall be available for obligation until 15 days after a report 
on such funds has been transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and ap-
proved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 
Board; 
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between 
the Department and the Fund including the project’s 
deliverables and repayment terms, as applicable; 
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 
supplement or supplant existing funding available to 
the Department for similar activities;
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(4) a plan for how the Department will repay 
the Fund, including specific planned funding sources, 
as applicable; and 
(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 537. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2024 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not 
been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues 
assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not 
enacted prior to October 1, 2023. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 539. No Federal funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security may be used to enter into 
a procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide 
a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section
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1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 540. Section 205 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
adding ‘‘and’’; and 
(iii) at the end of subparagraph (B), 
by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking ‘‘local 
governments, insular areas, and Indian tribal 
governments’’ and inserting ‘‘local governments 
and Tribal governments’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(2) in subsection (m)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means a State or an Indian tribal government 
that has received a major disaster declaration pursu-
ant to section 401.’’;
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(B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (10); 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6) 
through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), re-
spectively; and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (11) as 
paragraph (9). 
SEC. 541. For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
for an Emergency Operations Center grant under section 
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c), in addition to 
amounts otherwise available, for the project identified as 
the ‘‘Vermilion Safe Room’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending Items’’ under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 117–103. 
SEC. 542. The contents in the ‘‘Senate’’ sub column 
of the ‘‘Requestor(s)’’ column for the project identified as 
the ‘‘Emergency Operations Center’’ for the recipient 
‘‘Baker County Sheriff’s Office’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
ing’’ under the heading ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks and Con-
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gressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 in the matter preceding di-
vision A of Public Law 117–103 are deemed to be amended 
by striking ‘‘Wyden’’ and inserting ‘‘Merkley, Wyden’’. 
SEC. 543. Subsection (c) of section 16005 of title VI 
of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136) shall be applied as if 
the language read as follows: ‘‘Subsection (a) shall apply 
until September 30, 2023.’’. 
SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 545. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on a bi-
monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of en-
actment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of non-
citizens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the 
United States.
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(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 
the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol-
lowing fiscal year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to in-
clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 
children; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and 
verification review; 
(4) are used to inform policy planning and 
budgeting processes within the Department of Home-
land Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
mitted to Congress in support of the President’s an-
nual budget request pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act and, for such 
budget materials shall include— 
(A) the most recent bimonthly estimates de-
veloped pursuant to subsection (a); 
(B) a description and quantification of the 
estimates used to justify funding requests for De-
partment programs related to border security, 
immigration enforcement, and immigration serv-
ices;
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(C) a description and quantification of the 
anticipated workload and requirements resulting 
from such estimates; and 
(D) a confirmation as to whether the budget 
requests for impacted agencies were developed 
using the same estimates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 546. (a) For an additional amount for the ac-
counts, in the amounts, and for the purposes specified, in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses— 
(1) ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Op-
erations and Support’’, $1,563,143,000 for border 
management requirements of the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection; and 
(2) ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Operations and Support’’, $339,658,000 for 
non-detention border management requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided in subsection (a)(1) 
shall be used— 
(1) to hire permanent Federal employees;
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(2) for any flight hours other than those flown by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine 
Operations, except for internal transportation of non-
citizens; or 
(3) to acquire, maintain, or extend border secu-
rity technology and capabilities, except for technology 
and capabilities to improve Border Patrol processing. 
(c) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary for Management shall pro-
vide an expenditure plan for the use of the funds made 
available in subsection (a). 
(d) The plan required in subsection (c) shall be up-
dated to reflect changes and expenditures and submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives every 60 days until all funds are 
expended or expired. 
SEC. 547. Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘the date that is 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this section’’. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 548. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
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scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
(1) $139,928,000 from the unobligated balances 
available under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Im-
provements’’. 
(2) $12,207 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Transportation Security Administra-
tion—Transportation Security Support’’ account (70 
X 0554). 
(3) $32,750,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services—Operations and Support’’ account (70 22/ 
23 0300). 
(4) $187,278 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 
0300). 
(5) $65,165 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy—State and Local Programs’’ account (70 X 0560). 
(6) $50,880 from the unobligated balances avail-
able in the ‘‘Information Analysis and Infrastructure
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Protection—Operating Expenses’’ account (70 X 
0900). 
(7) $113,000,000 from the unobligated balances 
available under the heading ‘‘Management Direc-
torate—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’. 
(8) $42,730,000 from Public Law 116–93 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’. 
(9) $19,000,000 from Public Law 116-6 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’. 
SEC. 549. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) are re-
scinded: 
(1) $23,858,130 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary 
and Executive Management—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(2) $604,580 from ‘‘Management Directorate— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(3) $636,170 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Operations Coordination—Operations and Support’’.
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(4) $338,830 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Operations and Support’’. 
(5) $8,972,900 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’. 
(6) $6,332,670 from ‘‘United States Secret Serv-
ice—Operations and Support’’. 
(7) $1,250,420 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(8) $10,899 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(9) $3,208,190 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services—Operations and Support’’. 
(10) $459,790 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers—Operations and Support’’. 
(11) $141,630 from ‘‘Science and Technology Di-
rectorate—Operations and Support’’. 
(12) $350,450 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 
of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 
96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,368,969,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024; of which $76,187,000 
for annual maintenance and deferred maintenance pro-
grams and $147,888,000 for the wild horse and burro pro-
gram, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Proc-
essing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-re-
lated expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas
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applications for permits to drill and related use of author-
izations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, up to $3,500,000 may be made 
available for the purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) 
of division G of Public Law 115–21 (43 U.S.C. 
1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $3,500,000 is for 
projects specified for Land Management Priorities in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
authorized for fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $1,368,969,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities.
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $120,334,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made 
a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 
fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 
Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 
U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections
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3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) 
and the amount designated for range improvements from 
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any 
moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 
section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set-
tlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 
305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available 
and may be expended under the authority of this Act by
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the Secretary of the Interior to improve, protect, or rehabili-
tate any public lands administered through the Bureau of 
Land Management which have been damaged by the action 
of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unau-
thorized person, without regard to whether all moneys col-
lected from each such action are used on the exact lands 
damaged which led to the action: Provided further, That 
any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to 
repair damage to the exact land for which funds were col-
lected may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Public 
Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 
be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, including with 
States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for
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purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build-
ings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States 
has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning vio-
lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 
501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with joint-
ly produced publications for which the cooperators share the 
cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That projects to be 
funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov-
ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup-
port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 
a reimbursable basis.
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,555,684,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $23,398,000 
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and 
(e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 
other steps to implement actions described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $25,641,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, shall be for projects specified for Stewardship Pri-
orities in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this divi-
sion in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That amounts in the preceding proviso 
may be transferred to the appropriate program, project, or
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activity under this heading and shall continue to only be 
available for the purposes and in such amounts as such 
funds were originally appropriated. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $29,904,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
$24,564,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-
rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-
tion Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4401 et seq.), $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$5,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $21,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $73,812,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain-
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ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
$7,612,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $13,812,000 
and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro-
vided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 
a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; 
and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall apportion the remaining amount in 
the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on 
the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the 
total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of 
which is based on the ratio to which the population of such 
State bears to the total population of all such States: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts apportioned under this 
paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 
be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph
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for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects 
and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not 
exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided 
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may 
not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided fur-
ther, That any amount apportioned in 2023 to any State, 
territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as 
of September 30, 2024, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2025, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 
to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation 
areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and 
the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings,
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and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and 
to which the United States has title, and which are used 
pursuant to law in connection with management, and in-
vestigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under co-
operative cost sharing and partnership arrangements au-
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing 
either in cash or services and the Service determines the 
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air-
craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 
non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 
the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re-
source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex-
penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 
applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the second proviso under the heading ‘‘United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ in title 
I of division E of Public Law 112–74 (16 U.S.C. 742l–
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1) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’ and 
striking ‘‘$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, $2,923,424,000, of which 
$11,661,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
support of Everglades restoration and $135,980,000 for 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
structed assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance 
projects for constructed assets and cultural resources and 
$10,000,000 for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 
54, United States Code shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act are available for the purposes of 
section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-Amer-
ican History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; 
Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be made available for the purposes 
specified by that Act: Provided further, That sections (7)(b) 
and (8) of that Act shall be amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2024’’.
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In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of 
Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount depos-
ited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Serv-
ices Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, 
to remain available until expended, shall be derived from 
such Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, and grant administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $92,512,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, of which $2,919,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code), $204,515,000, to be derived from 
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, of which $26,500,000 shall be for
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Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of nation-
ally significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized 
by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 
Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non- 
Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That 
all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, 
$1,250,000 is for competitive grants for the survey and 
nomination of properties to the National Register of His-
toric Places and as National Historic Landmarks associ-
ated with communities currently under-represented, as de-
termined by the Secretary; $29,000,000 is for competitive 
grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights 
movement; $11,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities; $12,500,000 is for competitive 
grants for the restoration of historic properties of national, 
State, and local significance listed on or eligible for inclu-
sion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made 
without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of 
section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National His-
torical Preservation Act; $10,000,000 is for a competitive
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grant program to honor the semiquincentennial anniver-
sary of the United States by restoring and preserving sites 
and structures listed on the National Register of Historic 
Places that commemorate the founding of the nation; and 
$29,115,000 is for projects specified for the Historic Preser-
vation Fund in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this di-
vision in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That such competitive grants shall 
be made without imposing the matching requirements in 
section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code to 
States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such 
title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, 
including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit or-
ganizations. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and com-
pliance and planning for programs and areas administered 
by the National Park Service, $239,803,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for any project initially funded 
in fiscal year 2023 with a future phase indicated in the
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National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Construction 
Plan, a single procurement may be issued which includes 
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solic-
itation and contract shall contain the clause availability 
of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, 
That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions 
Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the original 
scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park 
Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, in accordance with current re-
programming thresholds, prior to making any charges au-
thorized by this section. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of each project or program shall be derived 
from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, as-
sets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 
credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure 
by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 
any unit within the National Park System to extinguish 
or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold sur-
render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur-
pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran-
chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li-
ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred-
ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting 
unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or 
reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation 
Fund 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended.
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National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related 
purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,497,178,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024; of which $92,184,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; and of which $74,840,000
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shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco-
system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur-
veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in 
writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than 
one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources 
data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 
with States and municipalities: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $2,130,000 
shall be for projects specified for Special Initiatives in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be trans-
ferred to the appropriate program, project, or activity 
under this heading and shall continue to only be available 
for the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were 
originally appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are
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necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 
and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses 
of the United States National Committee for Geological 
Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 
persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent 
the United States in the negotiation and administration 
of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by 
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through 
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as 
defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly 
with individuals or indirectly with institutions or non-
profit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for 
the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent 
graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur-
pose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort
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claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
for any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and administering 
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for 
oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related 
purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving op-
erations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environ-
mental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing 
other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or 
Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or coopera-
tive agreements, $219,960,000, of which $182,960,000 is to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
$37,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and cred-
ited to this appropriation from additions to receipts result-
ing from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 
5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities con-
ducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursu-
ant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including 
studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous adminis-
trative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced as such collections are received
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during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2023 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$182,960,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 
related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine- 
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author-
ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu-
lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $175,886,000, of which 
$153,886,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2024, and of which $22,000,000 is to remain available until 
expended, including $3,000,000 for offshore decommis-
sioning activities: Provided, That this total appropriation 
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of 
the Interior and credited to this appropriation from addi-
tions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental 
rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Conti-
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nental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, 
analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal 
year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $156,886,000. 
For an additional amount, $38,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 
shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2023, as provided in this Act: Provided, 
That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec-
tion fees exceed $38,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 
of $38,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2023, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 
fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission- 
related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 
Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re-
view of applications for permits to drill.
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, $121,026,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, of which $65,000,000 shall be available 
for State and tribal regulatory grants: Provided, That ap-
propriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem 
expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
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tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 
year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2023 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $121,026,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, $33,904,000, to be derived from receipts of the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public 
Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized 
to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent 
debt owed to the United States Government to pay for con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 
made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 
be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose 
of environmental restoration related to treatment or abate-
ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro-
vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 
the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 
per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
In addition, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions described in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided, That such additional amount shall 
be used for economic and community development in con-
junction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 
amount, $88,042,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 
to the three Appalachian States with the greatest amount 
of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of such section, $35,218,000 shall be dis-
tributed in equal amounts to the three Appalachian States 
with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to 
meet such priorities, and $11,740,000 shall be for grants 
to federally recognized Indian Tribes without regard to 
their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1233(a)), for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
other related activities in accordance with the terms and
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conditions described in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act) and shall be used for economic and commu-
nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977: Provided further, That such additional amount 
shall be allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
INDIAN AFFAIRS 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,906,998,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, except as otherwise provided 
herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex-
ceed $78,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 
Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap for welfare 
payments from the amounts provided herein, to provide for 
disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the dis-
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aster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized In-
dian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for 
unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $63,586,000 shall remain available until expended 
for housing improvement, road maintenance, land acquisi-
tion, attorney fees, litigation support, land records improve-
ment, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing, $4,240,000 shall be for projects specified for Special 
Initiatives (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as 
of September 30, 2024, may be transferred during fiscal 
year 2025 to an Indian forest land assistance account estab-
lished for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the 
holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any 
such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That in order to en-
hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles
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of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United 
States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any 
other funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads 
owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the 
National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 
U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further 
land consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land 
Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
462), and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–374), $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That any provision of the Indian 
Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 
106–462) that requires or otherwise relates to application 
of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions funded herein. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education for fiscal year 2023, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget ac-
count. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) 
for fiscal year 2023, such sums as may be necessary, which 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 
2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for transfer to another budget account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineering 
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 
to Public Law 87–483; $153,309,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That any funds provided for the
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Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 
2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a nonre-
imbursable basis: Provided further, That this appropriation 
may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee 
for American Indians appropriation for the appropriate 
share of construction costs for space expansion needed in 
agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irri-
gation Fund established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act 
(Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this heading are made avail-
able for the modernization of Federal field communication 
capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able for such purpose. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 114–322, and 116– 
260, and for implementation of other land and water rights 
settlements, $825,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$13,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024,
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of which $2,680,000 is for administrative expenses, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $150,213,551. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian edu-
cation programs, as authorized by law, including the Sny-
der Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,133,552,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, except as oth-
erwise provided herein: Provided, That federally recognized 
Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally recog-
nized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations 
for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $833,592,000 for school operations costs of Bu-
reau-funded schools and other education programs shall be-
come available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$95,822,000 within and only from such amounts made 
available for school operations shall be available for admin-
istrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior 
to July 1, 2023: Provided further, That in order to enhance 
the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use 
funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of 
clothing for personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 
for the operation of Indian education programs, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-
tion of lands, and interests in lands; $267,887,000 to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 
ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 
100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee receiving funds 
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
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pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-
dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-
grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-
tion with States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance of 
the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 
of Indian Education for central office oversight and Execu-
tive Direction and Administrative Services (except Execu-
tive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 
Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 
operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–413).
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In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-
minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 
that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 
under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support 
the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 
State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 
shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 
of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional 
grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed 
to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand the 
elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 
a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations
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made available in this or any prior Act for schools funded 
by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the 
Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau 
school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school 
or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. 
Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 
establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that 
term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter 
school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school 
before September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
does not assume any obligation for charter school programs 
of the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdic-
tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur-
rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and 
academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, 
comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health 
and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations 
at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 
costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu-
dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis-
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tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 
may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, construction, or other facilities-related costs for such 
assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, 
That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school location 
physically separated from the existing Bureau school by 
more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 
school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 
within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-
dian Education Programs may be used to execute requested 
adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated by an 
Indian Tribe. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $111,272,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $17,867,000 from this or 
any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of
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Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Op-
eration of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts; the Office 
of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 
Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ ac-
count: Provided further, That funds made available through 
contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2023, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until ex-
pended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 
or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an 
annual account statement and maintain a record of any 
such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 
account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$100,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That er-
roneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and 
remain available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile
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Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500 
unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of 
ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 102 of the 
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of individ-
uals whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous pe-
riod of at least 5 years and shall not be required to generate 
periodic statements of performance for the individual ac-
counts: Provided further, That with respect to the preceding 
proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient 
records to determine the balance of the individual accounts, 
including any accrued interest and income, and such funds 
shall remain available to the individual account holders. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $135,884,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024; of which not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for
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workers compensation payments and unemployment com-
pensation payments associated with the orderly closure of 
the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 
$14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valu-
ation activities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred to and 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of 
Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Education ‘‘Oper-
ation of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts and the Of-
fice of the Special Trustee ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ ac-
count: Provided further, That funds made available through 
contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2023, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until ex-
pended by the contractor or grantee. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2023, up to $400,000 of the payments 
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event
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the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments 
pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make the full 
payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government 
shall be made proportionally: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may make adjustments to payment to individual 
units of local government to correct for prior overpayments 
or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 
be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units 
of local government if the computed amount of the payment 
is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and 
other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public 
Law 108–188, $120,357,000, of which: (1) $110,140,000 
shall remain available until expended for territorial assist-
ance, including general technical assistance, maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and nat-
ural resources activities, and brown tree snake control and 
research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc-
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tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 
grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 
272); and (2) $10,217,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions 
of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
including such transactions of all agencies or instrumental-
ities established or used by such governments, may be au-
dited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discre-
tion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Is-
lands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according 
to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa-
tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 
Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 
134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 
operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated 
to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary 
based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance 
of its capital assets: Provided further, That any appropria-
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tion for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act 
or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Fed-
eral matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 
the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com-
pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub-
lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public 
Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit into the Com-
pact Trust Fund of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
as compensation authorized by Public Law 108–188 for ad-
verse financial and economic impacts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 
may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro-
vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub-
lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec-
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retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar-
anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra-
tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re-
pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 
without regard to the population of the area, credit else-
where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 
entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 
loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$101,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $67,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re-
habilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $663,786,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 
for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$247,000,000 is for fuels management activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $20,470,000 is for 
burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons 
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsist-
ence and lodging without cost from funds available from 
this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of
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the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 
States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 
which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 
for fuels management activities, and for training and moni-
toring associated with such fuels management activities on 
Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government and any non-Federal enti-
ty may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require-
ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, 
for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 
maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 
nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth 
groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities 
that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, de-
fined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to com-
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plete such contracts: Provided further, That in imple-
menting this section, the Secretary shall develop written 
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and con-
sistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, 
in connection with wildland fire management activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 
use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real 
property with local governments, at or below fair market 
value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facili-
ties on such leased properties, including but not limited to 
fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial at-
tack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay-
ments for any such lease or for construction activity associ-
ated with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may author-
ize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$50,000,000 between the Departments when such transfers 
would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management
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programs and projects: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for assistance to or through the Department of State 
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available 
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and 
its territories and possessions, including technical assist-
ance, education and training, and cooperation with United 
States and international organizations. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-
grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, $340,000,000, to remain available until 
transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified 
for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 
8, 2022: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$10,064,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to 
hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to 
section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and 
carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for program man-
agement and oversight of these activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may transfer the funds provided under 
this heading in this Act to any other account in the Depart-
ment to carry out such purposes, and may expend such 
funds directly, or through grants: Provided further, That 
these amounts are not available to fulfill Comprehensive
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Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obligations agreed to in settlement 
or imposed by a court, whether for payment of funds or 
for work to be performed. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 
and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $8,037,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
financial and business management system, data manage-
ment, information technology improvements of general ben-
efit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation 
of facilities and operations throughout the Department, 
$112,198,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the Work-
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ing Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual 
leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior may assess reasonable charges to 
State, local, and tribal government employees for training 
services provided by the National Indian Program Train-
ing Center, other than training related to Public Law 93– 
638: Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or oth-
erwise provide space and related facilities, equipment, or 
professional services of the National Indian Program 
Training Center to State, local and tribal government em-
ployees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, 
educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 
3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing 
rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in 
the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Cen-
ter: Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to 
the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, 
shall be available until expended, and shall be used by the 
Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian 
Program Training Center: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements 
to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collec-
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tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
ments, as authorized by law, $174,934,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024; of which $69,751,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the purpose of mineral 
revenue management activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be avail-
able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 
Indian leases in which the Secretary of the Interior con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 
to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, 
for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of 
aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other un-
avoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize 
the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation 
in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the 
budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression 
or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
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tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or poten-
tial grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the au-
thority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 
410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no 
year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary 
to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event 
a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provi-
sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria-
tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 
be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 
the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or 
other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 
fire operations, with such reimbursement to be credited to 
appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, 
no funds shall be made available under this authority until
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the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 
‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 
days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion, which must be requested as promptly as possible: Pro-
vided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used 
to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which 
emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total 
amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement 
of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; pay-
ment for telephone service in private residences in the field, 
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the 
Secretary, for library membership in societies or associa-
tions which issue publications to members only or at a price 
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
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AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be avail-
able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage-
ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac-
counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds 
under this section, including the amount expended or trans-
ferred and how the funds will be used. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth-
odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri-
ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
year 2023. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over-
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lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo-
gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, 
waters, or interests therein, including the use of all or part 
of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 
and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 
and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts, or other 
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which 
shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environ-
mental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated operator 
for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in
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place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2023 
shall be— 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2023. Fees for fiscal year 
2023 shall be— 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via 
non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, 
E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed 
in fiscal year 2023. Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 
and
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(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units oper-
ating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 
days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month 
in which the inspection occurred, with payment required 
within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-
ignated operators under subsection (d) with payment re-
quired by the end of the following quarter. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 
cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 
other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 
of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 
restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long- 
term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri-
vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may 
not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 
the Secretary.
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat-
ened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system 
of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 
that are released from federally operated or federally fi-
nanced hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases 
of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must 
have a visible mark that can be readily identified by com-
mercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2023, in carrying out work involving co-
operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 
political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob-
ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 
end of the fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants 
to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private non-
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profit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize 
the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by 
other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and 
consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement 
would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals cur-
rently employed by the Department, including partial 
displacement through reduction of non-overtime 
hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services Pro-
gram for a job or function in a case in which a Fed-
eral employee is in a layoff status from the same or 
substantially equivalent job within the Department; 
or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the De-
partment of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation, may transfer funds among and between the successor 
offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in 
conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described 
in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fis-
cal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforce-
ment or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pre-
scribes or approves any departure or use of alternate proce-
dure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 
30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 
CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau 
shall post a description of such departure or alternate pro-
cedure or equipment use approval on such bureau’s publicly 
available website not more than 15 business days after such 
issuance.
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(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—On 
request by the State of Virginia or the District of Columbia 
for the purpose of the construction of rail and other infra-
structure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the Secretary 
of the Interior may convey to the State or the District of 
Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to any portion of the approximately 
4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as ‘‘Per-
manent Impact to NPS Land’’ on the Map dated May 15, 
2020, that is identified by the State or the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of the 
National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary may 
require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used for 
the purposes specified in this section, the lands or interests 
therein shall revert to the National Park Service after they 
have been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or the 
District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, 
may—
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(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the Na-
tional Park Service land to be conveyed to the State 
or the District of Columbia under subsection (a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred 
to in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 
Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 
by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 
Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 
L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or 
authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally-Con-
trolled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100–297 may 
obtain interagency motor vehicles and related services for 
performance of any activities carried out under such grants