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the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 
law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 
the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 
signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 529. 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 for per-
formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 
contract. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 
this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 
respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash-
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 
respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
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of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 
from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 
distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari-
juana. 
SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 
by any employee of such department or agency, including 
the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 
respectively, for grants authorized by section 27 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 
county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 
2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 
Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos-
session of the United States. 
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SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
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(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
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articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny, or fail 
to act on, any application submitted pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR 
section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United 
States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammu-
nition. 
SEC. 536. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or 
fail to act on, an application for the importation of any 
model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
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(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 
been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 
to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul-
tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 
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 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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. 
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SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 
made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 
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fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac-
counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 
projects and activities specified, in the table titled ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 
Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 
amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen-
tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 
Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pur-
suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di-
vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 
in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi-
ties specified in the table titled ‘‘National Science Founda-
tion Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 
in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for 
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part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 
and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 
That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 
shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot-
ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro-
grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 
which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 
Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 
funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 
section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 
(a)(1) of this section; and 
(2) the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS 
for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub-
section (a)(2) of this section. 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Com-
merce and the Director of the National Science Founda-
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tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, 
project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 
amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec-
tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 
2025. 
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National 
Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) of this section, and section 543(a)(1) of divi-
sion B of Public Law 117–328, the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Sup-
ply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursu-
ant to section 543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117– 
328, and the status of balances of projects and activities 
funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and Edu-
cation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 
of Public Law 117–328, including all uncommitted, com-
mitted, and unobligated funds. 
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SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out a rule that includes area or time closures in 
the South Atlantic until data from the South Atlantic 
Great Red Snapper Count can be incorporated into the 
stock assessment. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out Executive Order 14006, ‘‘Reforming Our In-
carceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Op-
erated Criminal Detention Facilities.’’ 
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule 
entitled, ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identifica-
tion of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652; published April 
26, 2022). 
SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Re-
ducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities 
Safer.’’ 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
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carry out, or defend the joint Department of Justice and 
Department of Homeland Security interim final rule enti-
tled, ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consid-
eration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro-
tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078; 
published March 29, 2022). 
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice to promul-
gate a regulation regarding asylum law and process or re-
garding administrative closure of cases in immigration 
court. 
SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out section 19 (establishing accreditation stand-
ards) or section 20 (supporting safe and effective policing 
through grantmaking) of Executive Order 14074, ‘‘Ad-
vancing Effective, Accountable, Policing and Criminal 
Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public 
Safety.’’ 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives issued or finalized 
on or after January 21, 2021. 
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SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, carry out, or defend of any part of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final 
rule entitled, ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with At-
tached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478; pub-
lished January 31, 2023). 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, 
memorandum entitled, ‘‘Partnership Among Federal, 
State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 
Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board 
Members, Teachers, and Staff.’’ 
SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, Memorandum to 
Executive Departments and Agencies entitled, ‘‘Ensuring 
Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 
Funded Research.’’ 
SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used— 
(1) for the— 
(A) Department of Commerce— 
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(i) Equity (DEIA) Council; 
(ii) National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Diversity, Equity, Inclu-
sion and Accessibility Initiative; 
(iii) National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration— 
(I) Office of Inclusion and Civil 
Rights; 
(II) Diversity and Inclusion Advi-
sory Management Council; 
(III) NOAA Diversity and Pro-
fessional 
Advancement 
Working 
Group; 
(B) Department of Justice— 
(i) Chief Diversity Officer; 
(ii) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives Diversity and Career 
Impact Program; 
(iii) Federal Bureau of Investigation 
Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 
(iv) Antitrust Division Diversity Com-
mittee; 
(v) National Resource Center for Jus-
tice-Involved LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit 
Youth; 
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(C) National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 
(D) National Science Foundation— 
(i) Office of Equity and Civil Rights; 
(ii) Advancing Informal STEM Learn-
ing (AISL) Program; 
(iii) Alliances for Graduate Education 
and the Professoriate (AGEP); 
(2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 
carry out— 
(A) Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 
2021, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 
for Underserved Communities Through the 
Federal Government’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7009); 
(B) Executive Order 14091 of February 
16, 2023, ‘‘Further Advancing Racial Equity 
and Support for Underserved Communities 
Through the Federal Government’’ (88 Fed. 
Reg. 10825); or 
(C) Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 
2021, ‘‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Acces-
sibility in the Federal Workforce’’ (86 Fed. 
Reg. 34593); or 
(3) to conduct any diversity, equity, inclusion, 
or implicit bias training. 
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SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used— 
(1) by the— 
(A) Department of Commerce for— 
(i) the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Center of Excellence in 
Climate Change; or 
(ii) climate change fisheries research; 
(B) National Science Foundation for the— 
(i) U.S. Global Change Research Pro-
gram (USGCRP); or 
(ii) Clean Energy Technology pro-
gram; or 
(2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 
carry out Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 
2021, ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 
Abroad’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7619). 
SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 
to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 
and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 
as directed by Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 
24851, relating to strengthening the Nation’s forests, 
communities, and local economies). 
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SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide legal representation to any 
alien in a removal proceeding. 
SEC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to incentivize any immigration judge to 
close or dismiss any case without adjudicating the merits 
of the case. 
SEC. 558. None of the funds made available for the 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program may be used in 
contravention of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. 
SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to allow the United States 
Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully 
present in the United States in rendering apportionment 
determinations in subsequent decennial censuses. 
SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay a compromise settlement in rela-
tion to a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmis-
sible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or 
(7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation 
of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described 
in such section 275(a), unless expressly authorized by law. 
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SEC. 561. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement a limit on reimbursement 
available to a local law enforcement jurisdiction under the 
Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program for 
the purpose of paying overtime pay to a law enforcement 
officer who engages in eradication efforts against unli-
censed or unregistered cannabis grown in a State wherein 
production or sales of cannabis is lawful. 
SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to review, process, or approve applica-
tions for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, or other agreements by any individual or organiza-
tion that educates or otherwise trains or informs Federal 
employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race 
theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally rel-
evant teaching. 
SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 
professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach-
es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit-
ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 
concept that condones an individual being discriminated 
against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 
on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom-
fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis-
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tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 
as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 
superior to another race, the United States or its institu-
tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 
as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 
of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char-
acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 
individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 
in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 
or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 
by a particular race to oppress another race. 
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promote or contribute to environ-
mental, social, and corporate governance (also known as 
environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) invest-
ments. 
SEC. 565. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or 
advocate against any person or recipient, as currently de-
fined at section 106.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, for defining ‘‘sex’’ as currently used in, inter alia, 
section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections 
106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37,39, 40, 41, 
44, and 45 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the 
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type of gamete an individual produces; and for defining 
‘‘boys and girls’’ to mean only biological boys, whose DNA 
consists of one X sex chromosome and one Y sex chro-
mosome, and biological girls, whose DNA consists of two 
X sex chromosomes. 
SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for gun buyback or relinquishment pro-
grams. 
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement any statute, rule, policy, 
or interpretive guidance or to disburse any grants or fund-
ing that would have the effect of creating, utilizing, sup-
porting, or implementing a law or procedure which could 
result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all 
cases, providing the gun owner with notice and oppor-
tunity to participate in a hearing. 
SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund or implement any red flag or 
extreme risk protection order laws. 
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, may 
be available for obligation or expenditure to study, pre-
pare, propose, or adopt any rule, regulation, administra-
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tive order or secretarial or executive action for the purpose 
of restricting the production, purchase, sale or transfer of 
any firearm unless expressly authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or main-
tain a Federal firearms registry. 
SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support 
any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
and Firearms is not a named party against any licensee 
or other person purported to be subject to the regulation 
and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 
Firearms. 
SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the 
ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such 
that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 
a percentage of traces relative to a licensee’s average num-
ber of firearm sales for the preceding three years as re-
ported on such licensee’s Federal firearms license renewal 
applications. 
SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to— 
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