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duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $3,060,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading: 
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 
have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
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Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 
to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,274,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
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purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $909,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $26,974,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, Na-
tional Museum of the American Latino, and the repatri-
ation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be nec-
essary to support American overseas research centers: 
Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 
advance payments to independent contractors performing 
research services or participating in official Smithsonian 
presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian In-
stitution may expend Federal appropriations designated in 
this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 
be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution 
to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 
the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 
supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, 
That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds 
of the Institution for such purpose shall not be construed 
as Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a 
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transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 
be used directly to service debt which is incurred to fi-
nance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of plan-
ning, designing, and constructing improvements to such 
building: Provided further, That any agreement entered 
into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its own-
ership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building 
so acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 
30 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate, the Committees on House Administration and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 
2536) on the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
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and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$265,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 
in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 
rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 
contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-
ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 
works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 
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made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-
ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 
$170,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$39,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $27,208,000 shall be available 
for design and construction of an off-site art storage facil-
ity in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and 
may be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such 
purposes: Provided further, That contracts awarded for en-
vironmental systems, protection systems, and exterior re-
pair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 
Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well 
as price. 
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $27,640,000, to remain available 
until September, 30, 2024. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$17,740,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$188,250,000 shall be available for support of activities 
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$18,750,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $15,750,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
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10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
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of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the 
item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Af-
fairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law 
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by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 
956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2023 in the second 
paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ 
before the first period: Provided further, That in deter-
mining an eligible organization’s annual income for cal-
endar years 2021, 2022, and 2023 funds or grants re-
ceived by the eligible organization from any supplemental 
appropriations Act related to coronavirus or any other law 
providing appropriations for the purpose of preventing, 
preparing for, or responding to coronavirus shall be count-
ed as part of the eligible organization’s annual income. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,585,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $65,231,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for the Museum’s 
equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 
to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man-
agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 
amount not to exceed $90,000,000: Provided, That such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-
tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 
I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
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Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 
I Centennial Commission, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to 
the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the 
World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind per-
sonnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate 
support from any executive branch agency for activities 
of the Commission. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 
observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-
versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 
by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 
Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
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proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-
tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-
partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-
sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-
proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2024, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
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Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2023. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2023 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2023 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2023 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 
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Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 
this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-
tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
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seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
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or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (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 Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
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(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
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Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
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STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2023. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
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HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis-
tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 
horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-
ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-
mals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 
under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 
horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 
195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 
and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-
ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 
results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 
a commercial product; 
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(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 
in a manner that results in the destruction of the 
horse or burro for processing into a commercial 
product; or 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 
of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 
available for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 
and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 
in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 
processing into a commercial product. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 
U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
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construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
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quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 
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of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 
Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 
out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-
agement program to such organizations. 
RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 
without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
LOCAL CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 
112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
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SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 
110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 
113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 426. The authority provided by the 19th un-
numbered paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Pro-
visions, Forest Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109– 
54, as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 427. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 
note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 
108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’. 
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CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 
leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil 
and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal 
area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 
Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and dated April 2, 2019. 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 429. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence 
no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal. 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 430. The authority provided under the heading 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 
I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 
division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 
place it appears. 
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ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB-
LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND 
AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
SEC. 431. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 
made available from the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2023 pursuant 
to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 
States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec-
tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 
the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 
in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 
specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 
as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 
expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for fiscal year 2023 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 
and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al-
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location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 
of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 
allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 
United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 
of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 
and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub-
sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 
in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 
not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad-
ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 
or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 
be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 
allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 
‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 
of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-
toration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ to any project funded 
by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 
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that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 
cost overruns, in accordance with the following require-
ments: 
(1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 
reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re-
sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 
(2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 
reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 
within the original scope of effort for projects fund-
ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund; and 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days 
before taking any actions authorized by this sub-
section if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin-
gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 
percent or greater than the following, as applicable: 
(A) The amount allocated to that project 
in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the report ac-
companying this Act; or 
(B) The initial estimate in the most recent 
report submitted, prior to enactment of this 
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Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur-
suant to section 434(e) of Division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260). 
(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 
the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 
to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 
United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 
Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 
‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo-
cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 
54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 
the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 
such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 
that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 
That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate 
a previously approved project must be clearly identified 
in such submission. 
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(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget sub-
mission of the President for fiscal year 2024, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Fed-
eral land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at 
the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 
the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the 
‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that 
are prioritized and detailed by account, program, 
and project, and that total no less than half the full 
amount allocated to each account for that land man-
agement Agency under the allocations submitted 
under section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United 
States Code: Provided, That in the event amounts 
allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to 
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code are no longer needed because a project 
has been completed or can no longer be executed, 
such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed 
for reallocation in the annual budget submission. 
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(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest 
Legacy projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Esti-
mates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, and on the list of supple-
mentary allocations required by subparagraph (A) 
shall be comprised only of projects for which a will-
ing seller has been identified and for which an ap-
praisal or market research has been initiated. 
(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2024, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate project data sheets in the same format and 
containing the same level of detailed information 
that is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifica-
tions annually submitted by the Department of the 
Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 
in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
and in the same format and containing the same 
level of detailed information that is found on such 
sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to sec-
tion 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for 
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the list of supplementary allocations required by 
subparagraph (A). 
(e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 
activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 
to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom-
mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 
section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 
of this section. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 432. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
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(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) using the best available science, recog-
nizes the benefits of the use of forest biomass 
for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 
management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon benefits of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
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(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 
LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this 
Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 
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of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-
tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 
U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 
to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 
projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 
200401(2). 
ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL 
SEC. 435. Section 5(a)(10) of the National Trails 
System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10)) is amended by strik-
ing the third and fourth sentences and inserting ‘‘The trail 
shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 
a unit of the National Park System.’’. 
FACILITIES RENOVATION FOR URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED FOR OTHER 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 436. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices may authorize an urban Indian organization (as de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1603) that is awarded a grant or contract 
under title V of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.)) to 
use funds provided in such grant or contract for minor 
renovations to facilities or construction or expansion of fa-
cilities, including leased facilities, to assist the urban In-
dian organization in meeting or maintaining standards 
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issued by Federal or State governments or by accredita-
tion organizations. 
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to plan, design, study, or construct, for 
the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or in-
dividuals, a forest development road in the Tongass Na-
tional Forest. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 438. Section 8206(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(4)(B)(i)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or Bureau of Land Management 
managed’’ after ‘‘National Forest System’’. 
PERMIT PROHIBITION 
SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a permit for the import of a 
sport-hunted trophy of an elephant or lion taken in Tan-
zania, Zimbabwe, or Zambia. The limitation described in 
this section shall not apply in the case of the administra-
tion of a tax or tariff. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 308 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8262 
[Report No. 117–400] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 1, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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