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(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
31, 2022, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-
lic Law 117–103. 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023 
but ends in calendar year 2024, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 
of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 
pay is restricted under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 
1, 2023. 
SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 
the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 
shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 
and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 
of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 
report is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 748. During the current fiscal year— 
(a) with respect to budget authority proposed to be 
rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed to be 
deferred in a special message transmitted under section 
1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority— 
(1) shall be made available for obligation in suf-
ficient time to be prudently obligated as required 
under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and 
(2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld 
from obligation during the 90-day period before the 
expiration of the period of availability of such budget 
authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period 
before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
ability for which such budget authority was pro-
vided. 
(b) With respect to an apportionment of an appro-
priation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is de-
fined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall 
be apportioned— 
(1) to make available all amounts for obligation 
in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and 
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(2) to make available all amounts for obligation, 
without precondition (including footnotes) that shall 
be met prior to obligation, not later than 90 days be-
fore the expiration of the period of availability of 
such appropriation, including, if applicable, 90 days 
before the expiration of an initial period of avail-
ability for which such appropriation was provided. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author-
ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or 
any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law 
other than an appropriations Act. 
(d)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli-
ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro-
priate congressional committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor-
mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with 
this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 
(2) The President or the head of the relevant depart-
ment or agency of the United States shall provide informa-
tion, documentation, and views to the Comptroller Gen-
eral, as is determined by the Comptroller General to be 
necessary to determine such compliance, not later than 20 
days after the date on which the request from the Comp-
troller General is received, or if the Comptroller General 
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determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate 
based on the specific circumstances, within such shorter 
or longer period. 
(3) To carry out the responsibilities of this section 
and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the Comp-
troller General shall also have access to interview the offi-
cers, employees, contractors, and other agents and rep-
resentatives of a department, agency, or office of the 
United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller 
General may request. 
(e)(1) An officer or employee of the Executive Branch 
of the United States Government violating this section 
shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline in-
cluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from 
duty without pay or removal from office. 
(2) In the event of a violation of this section, or in 
the case that the Government Accountability Office issues 
a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or 
office of the United States violated this section, the Presi-
dent or the head of the relevant department or agency as 
the case may be, shall report immediately to the Congress 
all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 
to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspector gen-
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eral on the same date the report is transmitted to the Con-
gress. 
(3) Any such report shall include a summary of the 
facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 
Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 
account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 
on which the violation occurred, the position of any indi-
viduals responsible for the violation, a statement of the 
administrative discipline imposed and any further action 
taken with respect to any officer or employee involved in 
the violation, a statement of any additional action taken 
to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, and 
any written response by any officer or employee identified 
by position as involved in the violation: Provided, That in 
the case that the Government Accountability Office issues 
a legal decision concluding that a department, agency, or 
office of the United States violated this section and the 
relevant department, agency, or office does not agree that 
a violation has occurred, the report provided to Congress, 
the Comptroller General, and relevant inspector general 
will explain such department, agency, or office’s position. 
SEC. 749. (a) If an executive agency or the District 
of Columbia government receives a written request for in-
formation, documentation, or views from the Government 
Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on 
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budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the 
District of Columbia government shall provide the re-
quested information, documentation, or views not later 
than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless 
such written request specifically provides otherwise. 
(b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 
government fails to respond to the request for information, 
documentation, or views within the time required by this 
section— 
(1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in 
writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and any other appropriate congressional 
committee of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate of such failure; and 
(2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly 
empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, 
to bring a civil action in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia to require such 
information, documentation, or views to be pro-
duced, and such court is expressly empowered to 
enter in such civil action, against any department, 
agency, officer, or employee of the United States, 
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any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec-
essary or appropriate to require such production. 
(c) If the Government Accountability Office deter-
mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency 
or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency 
or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may 
be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress 
all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro-
vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 
to the Comptroller General on the same date the report 
is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided 
further, That in the case that the Government Account-
ability Office issues a legal decision concluding that sec-
tion 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States 
Code was violated, and the executive agency or District 
of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree 
that a violation has occurred, the report provided to the 
President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will 
explain its position. 
(d) The report required by subsection (c) and any re-
port required by section 1351 or section 1517(b) of title 
31, United States Code, shall include a summary of the 
facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 
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Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 
account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 
on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer 
or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of 
the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac-
tion taken with respect to any officer or employee involved 
in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken 
to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a 
statement of any determination that the violation was not 
knowing and willful that has been made by the executive 
agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ-
ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi-
tion as involved in the violation. 
SEC. 750. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 
appropriate congressional committees if— 
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
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(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 
program, project, or activity by such department or 
agency. 
(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 
committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 
name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 
account. 
SEC. 751. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished the Commission on Federal Naming and Dis-
plays (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF LIST.—Not later than 
180 days after the day by which all of its members 
have been appointed, the Commission, with input 
from the general public, shall develop and publish a 
list of property names, monuments, statues, public 
artworks, historical markers, and other symbols 
owned by the Federal government or located on 
property owned by the Federal government (includ-
ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch) 
which the Commission identifies as inconsistent with 
the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, includ-
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ing those that do not represent the demographic di-
versity and history of the community. 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180 
days after publishing the list under paragraph (1), 
and after holding not fewer than two public meet-
ings, the Commission shall submit to the President 
and Congress a report containing the following in-
formation: 
(A) A recommendation regarding whether 
each property name, monument, statue, public 
artwork, historical marker, or other symbol on 
the list developed under paragraph (1) should 
remain unchanged or should be renamed or re-
moved. 
(B) Supporting materials and context in-
formation for each recommendation under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) Such other recommendations as the 
Commission may consider appropriate, includ-
ing recommendations for educational programs, 
supplemental historical markers, or other activi-
ties to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion 
and to promote national reconciliation. 
(3) SEPARATE VIEWS OF MEMBERS.—The Com-
mission may include in the report submitted under 
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paragraph (2) supplemental or dissenting rec-
ommendations from individual members of the Com-
mission. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall con-
sist of the following: 
(A) Two members appointed by the Presi-
dent. 
(B) Two members appointed by the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives. 
(C) Two members appointed by the Major-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(D) One member appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives. 
(E) One member appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(F) Each of the following individuals: 
(i) The Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
(ii) The Historian of the House of 
Representatives. 
(iii) The Historian of the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the 
Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1) shall have 10 or more 
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years of educational and professional experience in 
one or more of the following disciplines: 
(A) History. 
(B) Art and antiquities. 
(C) Historic preservation. 
(D) Cultural heritage. 
(E) Education. 
(3) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE; TRAVEL 
EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve 
without pay, but each member shall receive travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
in accordance with applicable provisions under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem-
bers of the Commission shall be appointed not later 
than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(5) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 10 days after 
the first meeting of the Commission, the members of 
the Commission shall select two co-chairs from 
among the members. 
(d) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis-
sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 
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hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
considers appropriate, except that the Commission 
shall hold its initial meeting not later than 10 days 
after the day by which all of its members have been 
appointed. 
(2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States information necessary 
to enable it to carry out its duties. Upon request of 
the Commission, the head of that department or 
agency shall furnish that information to the Com-
mission. 
(3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agen-
cies of the United States. 
(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian 
of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a 
reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv-
ices necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
duties. 
(5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the 
request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
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department or agency may detail any of the per-
sonnel of that department or agency to the Commis-
sion to assist it in carrying out its duties. Any per-
sonnel detailed to the Commission under this para-
graph may receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(6) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
may contract with and compensate government and 
private agencies or persons for goods and services, 
without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(e) 
FUNDING.—There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, to carry 
out this section. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
60 days after submitting the report under subsection 
(b)(2). 
SEC. 752. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 
made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 
agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 
recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 
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Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 
National Institutes of Health research programs. 
SEC. 753. (a) As a condition of receiving funds pro-
vided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives that is included in 
the report or explanatory statement accompanying any 
such Act, any non-Federal entity shall, to the extent prac-
ticable— 
(1) retain until the date that is 3 years after the date 
on which such entity has expended such funds any records 
related to the planned or actual obligation or expenditure 
of such funds, and make available any such records to the 
Comptroller General of the United States, upon request; 
and 
(2) subject to reasonable advance notification by the 
Comptroller General— 
(A) make available to the Comptroller General 
or their designee for interview, any officers, employ-
ees, or staff of such entity involved in the obligation 
or expenditure of such funds; and 
(B) grant access to the Comptroller General or 
their designee for inspection, any facilities, work 
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sites, offices, or other locations, as the Comptroller 
General deems necessary, at which the individuals 
referenced in subparagraph (A) carry out their re-
sponsibilities related to such funds. The Comptroller 
General may make and retain copies of these records 
as the Comptroller General determines necessary. 
(b) Access, rights, and authority provided to the 
Comptroller General or their designee under this section 
shall be in addition to any other authority vested in the 
Comptroller General, and nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any 
manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General. 
SEC. 754. (a) Beginning on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available 
by this Act may be used to purchase infrastructure as a 
service except infrastructure as a service determined by 
the Government to take reasonable measures to— 
(1) not store or transmit images which depict known 
violations of sections 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2252B 
or 2260 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
child pornography; and 
(2) comply with the reporting requirements under 
section 2258A(a) of such title for such violations. 
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to such services used for bona fide law enforcement ac-
tions. 
SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
14076 (87 Fed. Reg 42053; relating to protecting access 
to reproductive healthcare services). 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under 
this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal 
and District government agencies, that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram-
ming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 803. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
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ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2024, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 801 of this Act. 
SEC. 804. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
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of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2024. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
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(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 805. (a) Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of 
Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38– 
2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(G) is from a family with a taxable an-
nual income of less than the applicable family 
income limit, as defined in paragraph (7).’’. 
(b) Section 3(c) of such Act (sec. 38–2702(c), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) APPLICABLE FAMILY INCOME LIMIT.—The 
term ‘applicable family income limit’ means, with re-
spect to an individual, the following: 
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‘‘(A) In the case of an individual who 
began an undergraduate course of study prior 
to school year 2015-2016, $1,000,000. 
‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2016-2017, $750,000. 
‘‘(C) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2017-2018 or school year 2018-2019, the 
applicable family income limit under this para-
graph for an individual who began an under-
graduate course of study in the previous school 
year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, as 
measured by the percentage increase, if any, 
from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
Department of Labor. 
‘‘(D) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2019-2020, $500,000. 
‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2020-2021, the amount described in sub-
paragraph (D), adjusted by the Mayor for infla-
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tion, as measured by the percentage increase, if 
any, from the preceding fiscal year in the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(F) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2021-2022, $750,000. 
‘‘(G) In the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study in school 
year 2022-2023 or any succeeding school year, 
the applicable family income limit under this 
paragraph for an individual who began an un-
dergraduate course of study in the previous 
school year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, 
as measured by the percentage increase, if any, 
from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
Department of Labor.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2019 (division D of Public Law 116–6). 
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