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section 2732, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(E) MEMBERS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD: 
DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-
TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, IN-
DUSTRIAL
PLANTS, AND
HOSPITALS.—In sec-
tion 7401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(F) MEMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD: 
DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-
TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, IN-
DUSTRIAL
PLANTS, AND
HOSPITALS.—In sec-
tion 9401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(G) READY RESERVE: FAILURE TO SATIS-
FACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING.— 
In section 10148(b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 
National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 
National Guard’’. 
(H) CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU.—In section 10502(a)(1)— 
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drug had not been purchased by 
such covered entity; and 
‘‘(cc) such covered entity re-
ports to the Secretary (in a form 
and manner specified by the Sec-
retary), on an annual basis and 
with respect to payments for the 
ingredient costs of such drugs so 
purchased by such covered entity 
that are in excess of the actual ac-
quisition costs for such drugs, the 
aggregate amount of such excess; 
‘‘(ii) payment to the entity or the PBM 
(as applicable) for administrative services 
performed by the entity or PBM is limited 
to an administrative fee that reflects the 
fair market value of such services; 
‘‘(iii) the entity or the PBM (as appli-
cable) makes available to the State, and the 
Secretary upon request, all costs and pay-
ments related to covered outpatient drugs 
and accompanying administrative services 
incurred, received, or made by the entity or 
the PBM, including ingredient costs, profes-
sional dispensing fees, administrative fees, 
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such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants 
and the Community Assistance Program of the North 
American Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2025, and up to 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading for the International Boundary Commission, up 
to $1,000 may be made available for representation ex-
penses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $62,864,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
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Committee on Small Business of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of Senate a report that includes— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the report submitted under 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) an analysis of the data in such report, 
disaggregated by industry category; 
‘‘(3) an evaluation of the issues identified in 
such report relating to— 
‘‘(A) anticompetitive conduct that harmed 
small businesses and the growth of small busi-
nesses; and 
‘‘(B) administrative actions that promoted 
competition and growth of small businesses; 
‘‘(4) as appropriate, recommendations for ad-
ministrative actions that could— 
‘‘(A) promote competition; 
‘‘(B) deter anticompetitive conduct that 
harmed small business and the growth of small 
businesses; and 
‘‘(C) remedy such anticompetitive conduct; 
and 
‘‘(5) as appropriate, recommendations for legis-
lative actions that could— 
‘‘(A) promote competition; 
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(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the United States 
Tourism and Travel Administration’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the National Travel and Tour-
ism Office of the Department of Com-
merce’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘small businesses in 
rural areas’’ and inserting ‘‘rural small 
business concerns’’; and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) host webinars and outreach events for 
rural small business concerns as described in sub-
section (d).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) 
OUTREACH.—The 
Assistant 
Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(1) host webinars and outreach events in var-
ious regions of the United States for rural small 
business concerns; and 
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(3) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘drug described in sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘critical essential medi-
cine’’; and 
(4) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘drug de-
scribed in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘critical es-
sential medicine’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS.— 
Section 506C(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 356c(h)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘and that is subject to section 503(b)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, including a drug that is not subject 
to section 503(b)(1)’’; and 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘critical essential medicine’ means 
a drug that— 
‘‘(A) is— 
‘‘(i) life-supporting; 
‘‘(ii) life-sustaining; or 
‘‘(iii) intended for use in the preven-
tion or treatment of a debilitating disease 
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mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to exercising such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, includ-
ing not more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 
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(3) In paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘one-third’’ 
and inserting ‘‘one-sixth’’; and 
(4) In paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘one-third’’ 
and inserting ‘‘one-third’’. 
SEC. 829. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
TITLE IX 
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 901. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget of 1974 Act ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 114 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4664 
[Report No. 118–145] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
JULY 17, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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son or locality to any undue or unreasonable preju-
dice or disadvantage in any respect. 
‘‘(3) Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any 
other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry 
dealer, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any 
other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry 
dealer, any article for the purpose or with the effect 
of apportioning the supply between any such per-
sons, if such apportionment has the tendency or ef-
fect of restraining commerce or of creating a monop-
oly. 
‘‘(4) Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any 
other person, or buy or otherwise receive from or for 
any other person, any article for the purpose or with 
the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of 
creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, 
selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining 
commerce. 
‘‘(5) Engage in any course of business or do 
any act for the purpose or with the effect or manip-
ulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monop-
oly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing 
in, any article, or of restraining commerce. 
‘‘(6) Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with 
any other person— 
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Quonochontaug Beach Unit D06/D06P’’ and dated 
December 18, 2020. 
(46) The map entitled ‘‘Misquamicut Beach 
Unit RI–13P Maschaug Ponds Unit D07 Napatree 
Unit D08/D08P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(47) The map entitled ‘‘Block Island Unit D09/ 
D09P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(48) The map entitled ‘‘Wilcox Beach Unit E01 
Ram Island Unit E01A Mason Island Unit CT–01’’ 
and dated December 18, 2020. 
(49) The map entitled ‘‘Bluff Point Unit CT– 
02 Goshen Cove Unit E02’’ and dated December 18, 
2020. 
(50) The map entitled ‘‘Jordan Cove Unit E03, 
Niantic Bay Unit E03A Old Black Point Unit CT– 
03, Hatchett Point Unit CT–04 Little Pond Unit 
CT–05, Mile Creek Unit CT–06’’ and dated Decem-
ber 18, 2020. 
(51) The map entitled ‘‘Griswold Point Unit 
CT–07 Lynde Point Unit E03B Cold Spring Brook 
Unit CT–08’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(52) The map entitled ‘‘Menunketesuck Island 
Unit E04 Hammonasset Point Unit E05 Toms 
Creek Unit CT–10 Seaview Beach Unit CT–11’’ and 
dated December 18, 2020. 
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(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 
as of September 30, 2025, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose
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(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
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(53) The map entitled ‘‘Lindsey Cove Unit CT– 
12 Kelsey Island Unit CT–13 Nathan Hale Park 
Unit CT–14P Morse Park Unit CT–15P’’ and dated 
December 18, 2020. 
(54) The map entitled ‘‘Milford Point Unit E07 
Long Beach Unit CT–18P Fayerweather Island 
Unit E08AP’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(55) The map entitled ‘‘Norwalk Islands Unit 
E09/E09P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(56) The map entitled ‘‘Jamaica Bay Unit NY– 
60P (1 of 2)’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(57) The map entitled ‘‘Jamaica Bay Unit NY– 
60P (2 of 2)’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(58) The map entitled ‘‘Sands Point Unit NY– 
03 Prospect Point Unit NY–04P Dosoris Pond Unit 
NY–05P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(59) The map entitled ‘‘The Creek Beach Unit 
NY–06/NY–06P Centre Island Beach Unit NY–07P, 
Centre Island Unit NY–88 Lloyd Beach Unit NY– 
09P Lloyd Point Unit NY–10/NY–10P’’ and dated 
December 18, 2020. 
(60) The map entitled ‘‘Lloyd Harbor Unit 
NY–11/NY–11P, Eatons Neck Unit F02 Hobart 
Beach Unit NY–13, Deck Island Harbor Unit NY– 
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entities on complying with the requirement to report 
to the Office of the Inspector General for the Small 
Business Administration any information indicating 
the occurrence of fraud with respect to a PPP loan. 
SEC. 3. RETURNS HANDLING PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall issue guidance es-
tablishing a process for the Small Business Administration 
to track amounts of PPP loans returned to mitigate the 
risk of financial loss to the Federal Government. 
(b) 
RETURNS
HANDLING
PROCESS
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The process established under subsection (a) 
shall require— 
(1) the Administration to accept returns of un-
used amounts of PPP loans; and 
(2) the Administrator to deposit in the general 
fund of the Treasury the unused amounts of PPP 
loans returned to the Administration. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (4) through 
(6) as subsections (5) through (7), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an 
associated person of a digital commodity broker or an as-
sociated person of a digital commodity dealer unless the 
person is registered with the Commission under this Act 
and such registration shall not have expired, been sus-
pended (and the period of suspension has not expired), 
or been revoked. It shall be unlawful for a digital com-
modity broker or a digital commodity dealer to permit 
such a person to become or remain associated with the 
digital commodity broker or digital commodity dealer if 
the digital commodity broker or digital commodity dealer 
knew or should have known that the person was not so 
registered or that the registration had expired, been sus-
pended (and the period of suspension has not expired), 
or been revoked.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (5) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘or of a commodity trading advisor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of a commodity trading advisor, of a digital 
commodity broker, or of a digital commodity deal-
er’’. 
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303 
SEC. 567. TERM OF OFFICE FOR JUDGES OF THE COURT OF 
MILITARY COMMISSION REVIEW. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TERM OF OFFICE.—Section 
950f(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
indenting appropriately; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The term of an appellate 
military judge assigned to the Court under para-
graph (2) or appointed to the Court under para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) The 
term of an appellate military judge assigned or 
appointed to the Court under this subsection’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The term of a civilian judge of the Court ap-
pointed under paragraph (3) shall expire on the date that 
is 10 years after the date on which the judge was ap-
pointed.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(7) Judges of the Court may be removed from office 
by the President (in the case of a judge appointed under 
paragraph (3)) or the Secretary of Defense (in the case of
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) in the case of use for aviation 
not described in clause (i), an amount 
equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(I) 35.9 cents per gallon, plus 
‘‘(II) $1.589 per gallon.’’, and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any calendar year beginning after 2024, 
the dollar amount in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II) 
shall be increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year, determined by substituting 
‘calendar year 2023’ for ‘calendar year 
2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 4081(d)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(C)(ii)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I)’’. 
(B) Section 6427(l)(4)(B)(ii)(II) of such 
Code 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
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‘‘(ii) ancillary activities, as defined in 
section 4v.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (12)(A)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (II), by adding at the end 
a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subclauses (III) and 
(IV) as subclauses (IV) and (V), respectively; 
and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (II) the 
following: 
‘‘(III) a digital commodity;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (40)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (E); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) a digital commodity exchange reg-
istered under section 5i.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(52) ASSOCIATED PERSON OF A DIGITAL COM-
MODITY BROKER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘associated person 
of a digital commodity broker’ means a person 
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who is associated with a digital commodity 
broker as a partner, officer, employee, or agent 
(or any person occupying a similar status or 
performing similar functions) in any capacity 
that involves— 
‘‘(i) the solicitation or acceptance of a 
contract for sale of a digital commodity; or 
‘‘(ii) the supervision of any person en-
gaged in the solicitation or acceptance of a 
contract for sale of a digital commodity. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘associated 
person of a digital commodity broker’ does not 
include any person associated with a digital 
commodity broker the functions of which are 
solely clerical or ministerial. 
‘‘(53) ASSOCIATED PERSON OF A DIGITAL COM-
MODITY DEALER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘associated person 
of a digital commodity dealer’ means a person 
who is associated with a digital commodity deal-
er as a partner, officer, employee, or agent (or 
any person occupying a similar status or per-
forming similar functions) in any capacity that 
involves— 
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(d) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the ac-
tivities described in subsection (a), the covered officials 
may— 
(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 
the Department of Energy, the Small Business Ad-
ministration, and appropriate entities in order to 
maximize the effectiveness of research and develop-
ment activities carried out pursuant to a memo-
randum or agreement described in subsection (b); 
and 
(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 
appropriate to carry out such activities. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the covered officials shall 
submit to Congress a report on activities carried out pur-
suant to a memorandum or agreement described in sub-
section (b) that includes the following: 
(1) Coordination between the covered officials 
involved in such activities. 
(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-
nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 
the Small Business Administration. 
(3) Collaborative research achievements. 
(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial success. 
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