pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur-
chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such report 
shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which 
the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree-
ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreements 
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international 
agreement to which the United States is a party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings 
other than those produced by a domestic source and of do-
mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military 
department responsible for such procurement may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction
shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial products’’, 
as defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code, 
except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bear-
ings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8034. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able for such purposes, there is appropriated $50,000,000, 
for an additional amount for the ‘‘National Defense Stock-
pile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for activities pursuant to the Strategic and 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.): 
Provided, That none of the funds provided under this sec-
tion may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the 
Secretary of Defense provides the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a detailed execution plan for such funds. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an 
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes that is not available from 
United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, 
or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro-
curement of defense items entered into under section 4851 
of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro-
duced in the United States for that country. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are 
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
justed for any reason other than the application of a 
waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States and products classified under 
headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 
7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 
through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 
manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such flags 
are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 
until expended for the payments specified by section 
2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the Sec-
retary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet the 
operational requirements of a Commander of a Combatant 
Command engaged in a named contingency operation over-
seas, such funds may be used to purchase items having an 
investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 8040. Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 
Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the United
States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater Security 
Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, 
and payment of incremental and personnel costs of training 
and exercising with foreign security forces: Provided, That 
funds made available for this purpose may be used, notwith-
standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian 
assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex-
penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated 
to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other-
wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under 
any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula-
tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related 
products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 
territories and possessions at a price below the most com-
petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such 
regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco- 
related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be 
within the range of prices established for military retail 
system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur-
chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring 
a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during
the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus-
tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to 
the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur-
ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest-
ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense 
for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 De-
partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted 
to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was 
classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 
a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement appropriation and 
not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin-
gencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 
department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), 
on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 
waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan-
cial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro-
vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet-
ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech-
nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance 
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per-
formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un-
less— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub-
lic-private competition that includes a most efficient 
and cost effective organization plan developed by such 
activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines 
that, over all performance periods stated in the solici-
tation of offers for performance of the activity or 
function, the cost of performance of the activity or 
function by a contractor would be less costly to the 
Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage 
for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart-
ment of Defense by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer- 
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 
employer to contribute less towards the premium 
or subscription share than the amount that is 
paid by the Department of Defense for health 
benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 
subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 
of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith-
standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or 
policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into 
a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus-
trial type function of the Department of Defense that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a 
qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership 
by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga-
nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot con-
tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided 
in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 
section shall be credited toward any competitive or out-
sourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab-
lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to 
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, 
subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States 
Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac-
tivities. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8046. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 2022/ 
2024, $75,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2022/2024, $1,900,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2022/2024, 
$54,681,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2022/2024, 
$1,428,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, 2022/2024, $1,012,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding 
and 
Conversion, 
Navy: 
T– 
AGOS’’, 2022/2026, $158,300,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
2022/2024, 
$7,100,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2022/2024, 
$83,261,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
2022/2024, 
$204,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
2023/2024, $85,000,000;
‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’, 2023/ 
2024, $50,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2023/2025, 
$3,372,000; 
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2023/2025, 
$2,713,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2023/2025, $10,372,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2023/2025, 
$63,028,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army’’, 2023/ 
2025, $3,223,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2023/2025, 
$319,745,000; 
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2023/2025, 
$50,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, 2023/2025, $2,262,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG-51 
Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, $77,300,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: LPD 
Flight 
II 
Advance 
Procurement’’, 
2023/2027, 
$250,000,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2023/2025, 
$89,101,000;
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
2023/2025, 
$158,550,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 
$282,762,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 
$37,100,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Space 
Force’’, 
2023/2025, 
$80,487,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
2023/2025, 
$34,326,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army’’, 2023/2024, $29,850,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, 2023/2024, $136,705,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, 2023/2024, $112,324,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Space Force’’, 2023/2024, $96,878,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2024, $237,538,000. 
SEC. 8047. None of the funds available in this Act may 
be used to reduce the authorized positions for military tech-
nicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air Na-
tional Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 
purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian
personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military techni-
cians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct re-
sult of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac-
tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 
Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 
United States Armed Forces personnel from the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea. 
SEC. 8049. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 
thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands 
and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement 
of pay, allowances and other expenses which would other-
wise be incurred against appropriations for the National 
Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard 
and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence sup-
port to Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint 
Intelligence Activities, including the activities and pro-
grams included within the National Intelligence Program 
and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That 
nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established
Reserve and National Guard personnel and training proce-
dures. 
SEC. 8050. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic-
tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any 
other department or agency of the United States except as 
specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
SEC. 8051. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the Sec-
retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 
the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified 
as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8052. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 
and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 
asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 
projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the
extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart-
ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 
of each other relevant component of the Department of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
concurrent with submission of the budget justification docu-
ments to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, a report with a detailed accounting 
of the Small Business Innovation Research program and 
the Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides 
taken from programs, projects, or activities within such de-
partment, agency, or component during the most recently 
completed fiscal year. 
SEC. 8053. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De-
partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the 
contractor to an employee when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex-
cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the 
employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso-
ciated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 
may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay 
of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available 
for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con-
nection with support and services for eligible organizations 
and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant 
to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit 
the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn-
ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available, 
reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such 
use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ-
ated with the use of equipment of the project under that 
subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes 
without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in
storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 
aircraft. 
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply 
to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary of the 
Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no 
longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 
that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a cer-
tification in writing that the status of such aircraft is due 
to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of maintenance, 
repairs, or other reasons. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the nec-
essary steps taken by the Department of Defense to meet 
the travel requirements for official or representational du-
ties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in fiscal years 
2024 and 2025. 
SEC. 8057. (a) None of the funds appropriated in title 
IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery 
to military forces for operational training, operational use, 
or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction 
does not apply to end-items used in development, proto-
typing in accordance with an approved test strategy, and
test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for oper-
ational use. 
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds ap-
propriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number re-
quired in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in coordi-
nation with the responsible Service Acquisition Executive, 
shall certify in writing to the congressional defense commit-
tees that there is a bonafide need for the additional end- 
items at the time of submittal to Congress of the budget 
of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That this 
restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 
National Intelligence Program. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fis-
cal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report detailing the use of funds requested in research, 
development, test and evaluation accounts for end-items 
used in development, prototyping and test activities pre-
ceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: Pro-
vided, That the report shall set forth, for each end item cov-
ered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory
authorities under which amounts in the accounts described 
in that proviso were used for such item: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the sub-
mittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal 
year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a certification that funds requested for fiscal year 2025 in 
research, development, test and evaluation accounts are in 
compliance with this section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Subcommittees 
on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the 
national security interest to do so. 
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 
purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing areas in such military family housing units that may 
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 
of Defense business. 
SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’
for any new start defense innovation acceleration or rapid 
prototyping program demonstration project with a value of 
more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after 
a report, including a description of the project, the planned 
acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an-
nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by- 
case basis by certifying to the congressional defense commit-
tees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to 
provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as di-
rected in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 
of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 
duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements 
of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni-
tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center- 
fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature
designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, 
‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in-
cendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing 
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to 
the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor 
piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of 
reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu-
facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De-
partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for 
export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un-
classified Military Articles issued by the Department of 
State. 
SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal 
nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, on a case- 
by-case basis.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 
to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter 
into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 
property, construction, personal services, and operations re-
lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 
Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au-
thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur-
ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 
with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max-
imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8065. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod-
ify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account;
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budg-
et request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, 
and O–1 documents supporting the Department of 
Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence 
Program appropriations are apportioned to the exe-
cuting agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence 
Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and 
disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to pro-
hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National 
Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure 
Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 
achieving auditable financial statements and improving fis-
cal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for al-
ternative financial management processes. Such study shall 
include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 
to ensure that none of the alternative processes will ad-
versely affect counterintelligence.
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined 
under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies 
attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 
achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 
will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all nec-
essary certifications under paragraph (2), present the 
proposed alternatives and certifications to the con-
gressional defense and intelligence committees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8066. In addition to amounts made available 
elsewhere in this Act, $100,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense and made available for trans-
fer to operation and maintenance accounts, procurement 
accounts, and research, development, test and evaluation ac-
counts only for those efforts by the Commander, United 
States Africa Command or Commander, United States 
Southern Command to expand cooperation, share oper-
ational information, advance interoperability, or improve 
the capabilities of our allies and partners in their areas 
of operation: Provided, That none of the funds provided
under this section may be obligated or expended until 30 
days after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congres-
sional defense committees an execution plan: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of 
funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 
defense committees of the details of any such transfer: Pro-
vided further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged 
with and available for the same purposes, and for the same 
time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this section is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided elsewhere in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in 
title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili-
tary department concerned to its central fund established 
for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 
in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense, to remain available for obligation
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, that upon the determination of the Sec-
retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 
these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher 
House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and fur-
nishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 
military family members when confronted with the illness 
or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under sec-
tion 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8070. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and 
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command oper-
ational and administrative control of United States Navy 
forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the com-
mand and control relationships which existed on October 
1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written modification 
has been proposed to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That the proposed modification may be implemented
30 days after the notification unless an objection is received 
from either the House or Senate Appropriations Commit-
tees: Provided further, That any proposed modification 
shall not preclude the ability of the commander of United 
States Indo-Pacific Command to meet operational require-
ments. 
SEC. 8071. Any notice that is required to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate under section 3601 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by section 804(a) of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to that requirement 
concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 
$500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: 
Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be for the 
Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel 
for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to 
counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel 
Iron 
Dome 
Procurement 
Agreement, 
as 
amended;
$127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile 
Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile de-
fense research and development under the SRBMD pro-
gram; $40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of 
SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel to meet 
Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each nation’s 
laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli 
co-production agreement for SRBMD, as amended; 
$80,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the 
Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which $80,000,000 
shall be for co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier 
systems in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s 
defense requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, 
regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co- 
production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; 
and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improve-
ment Program including development of a long range, 
ground and airborne, detection suite: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this section is 
in addition to any other transfer authority contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 8073. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$1,290,093,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024,
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for the fol-
lowing programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement Pro-
gram, $624,600,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $43,419,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $100,115,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: DDG 51 Program, 
$104,090,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Submarine 
Program, $24,646,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: DDG 51 Program, 
$121,827,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: LPD 17 Amphibious 
Transport Dock Program, $16,520,000;
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(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector 
Program, $43,600,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship 
Program, $23,000,000; 
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $27,060,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Overhauls, 
$42,422,000; 
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $93,250,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 
Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000; 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 
Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000; and 
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $2,585,000.
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SEC. 8074. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities and intelligence-related activities not otherwise 
authorized in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro-
gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or 
activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of 
national security and only after written prior notification 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de-
fense system. 
SEC. 8077. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of decom-
missioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS German-
town, or the USS Tortuga. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8078. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
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priation to any available Navy ship construction appro-
priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 
resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjust-
ments for any ship construction program appropriated in 
law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to ex-
ceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this sec-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer 
any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been 
reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from 
the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain 
the same period of availability as when originally appro-
priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided under this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided by this section expires 
on September 30, 2028. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev-
els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall 
allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per-
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form other missions in support of national defense require-
ments during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa-
tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and 
processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel-
ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to 
United States persons shall only be handled in accordance 
with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 
United States Constitution as implemented through Execu-
tive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research 
and technology, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
SEC. 8082. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation.
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SEC. 8083. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2024: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropria-
tion by Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence cer-
tifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees 
that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an 
emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8084. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
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U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom-
panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com-
mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8086. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public website of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
SEC. 8087. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any 
Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un-
less the contractor agrees not to—
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(1) enter into any agreement with any of its em-
ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a 
condition of employment, that the employee or inde-
pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitration 
any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov-
ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to 
take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement
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as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
with respect to any employee or independent contractor per-
forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of 
this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that 
has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub-
ject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with 
employees or independent contractors that may not be en-
forced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv-
er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and 
shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver 
and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm 
to national security interests of the United States. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta-
neously make public, any determination under this sub-
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section not less than 15 business days before the contract 
or subcontract addressed in the determination may be 
awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8088. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available for trans-
fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 
111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 
facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con-
sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen-
ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa-
cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility 
as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro-
vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 
from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for 
the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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SEC. 8089. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Depart-
ment of Defense or a component thereof in contravention 
of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8090. Notwithstanding price or other limitations 
applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles, 
appropriations available to the Department of Defense may 
be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light armored 
vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force 
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle; 
and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 
per vehicle for use by military and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense in the United States Central 
Command area of responsibility. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8091. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act for the National Intelligence Program: 
Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used 
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intel-
ligence requirements, than those for which originally appro-
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priated and in no case where the item for which funds are 
requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 
authority provided in this section shall be made prior to 
June 30, 2024. 
SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $142,008,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028, 
may be used for the purchase of two used sealift vessels for 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established under sec-
tion 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 
57100): Provided, That such amounts are available for re-
imbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Ad-
ministration account of the United States Department of 
Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and ex-
penses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 2218 of title 10, 
United States Code, none of these funds shall be transferred 
to the National Defense Sealift Fund for execution. 
SEC. 8093. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8094. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
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1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States per-
son; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communication 
of a United States person from a provider of elec-
tronic communication services to the public pursuant 
to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8095. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without 
the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly 
provided for in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, 
or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8096. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $667,508,000, to 
remain available until expended, may be used for any pur-
poses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet estab-
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lished under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 
1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet. 
SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award 
a new contract that provides for the acquisition of the fol-
lowing components unless those components are manufac-
tured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including 
pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (in-
cluding engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard 
cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; and anchor chains, 
specifically for the seventh and subsequent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new con-
tract that provides for the acquisition of the following com-
ponents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; elec-
tronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; 
propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed 
lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; 
auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers:
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Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate 
United States manufactured propulsion engines and pro-
pulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate program 
beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of the pro-
gram. 
SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided in this Act for 
requirements development, performance specification devel-
opment, concept design and development, ship configura-
tion development, systems engineering, naval architecture, 
marine engineering, operations research analysis, industry 
studies, preliminary design, development of the Detailed 
Design and Construction Request for Proposals solicitation 
package, or related activities for the T–ARC(X) Cable Lay-
ing and Repair Ship or the T–AGOS(X) Oceanographic 
Surveillance Ship may be used to award a new contract 
for such activities unless these contracts include specifica-
tions that all auxiliary equipment, including pumps and 
propulsion shafts, are manufactured in the United States. 
SEC. 8099. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of De-
fense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may be 
transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Author-
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ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 
note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(as amended by section 897 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and 
Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 
14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8101. (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, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities.
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SEC. 8102. None of the funds provided for, or otherwise 
made available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated 
or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide motor-
ized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other than 
small arms and munitions appropriate for customary cere-
monial honors, operational military units, or operational 
military platforms if the Secretary determines that pro-
viding such units, platforms, or equipment would under-
mine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment. 
SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting such 
tax liability, provided that the applicable Federal agency 
is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of 
the corporation described in such subsection and has made 
a determination that such suspension or debarment is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Federal Government.
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SEC. 8104. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 
of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables 
titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the ex-
planatory statement regarding this Act, may be used for 
expenses for the agile research, development, test and eval-
uation, procurement, production, modification, and oper-
ation and maintenance, only for the following Software and 
Digital Technology Pilot programs— 
(1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 
(2) 
Risk 
Management 
Information 
(PE 
0608013N); 
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 
(PE 0608231N); 
(4) 
Space 
Command 
& 
Control 
(PE 
1208248SF); 
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 
0303150K); and 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig-
ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: Pro-
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vided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit 
or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordination be-
tween the National Reconnaissance Office and the Space 
Force or any other elements of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws en-
acted or regulations promulgated to implement the United 
Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, In-
human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at 
New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal 
Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of 
Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to 
Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pan-
demic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148).
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SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 8108. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That, such contributions 
shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropriations or 
fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,406,346,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be available for International Security Coopera-
tion Programs and other programs to provide support and 
assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or indi-
viduals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, 
crisis response, or building partner capacity programs: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 
15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this 
section, notify the congressional defense committees in writ-
ing of the details of any planned obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly
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reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of 
funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8110. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$380,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, 
Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 note), for enhanced border security, of which 
not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 
prior to obligating funds made available in this section, no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of any planned obligation and the nature of the ex-
penses incurred: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the use and status of funds made available in 
this section. 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Reso-
lution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 333 
of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping operations 
for the countries designated annually to be in violation of 
the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to 
support any military training or operation that includes 
child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention 
Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise permitted 
under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 
2008. 
SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
SEC. 8114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun-
tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 
the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 
331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 
accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer 
of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
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with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar-
antee 
to 
Rosoboronexport 
or 
any 
subsidiary 
of 
Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation 
in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
determines that it is in the vital national security interest 
of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 
the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le-
thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have ceased 
taking active measures to destabilize the control of the 
Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
shall 
conduct 
a 
review 
of 
any 
action 
involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later 
than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued 
by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
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taining the results of the review conducted with respect to 
such waiver. 
SEC. 8116. Equipment procured using funds provided 
in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Counterterrorism Part-
nerships Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 1209 
of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), or under the heading ‘‘Iraq Train and 
Equip Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 1236 
of such Act, and not yet transferred to authorized recipients 
may be transferred to foreign security forces, irregular 
forces, groups, or individuals, authorized to receive assist-
ance using amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Counter- 
ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ in this Act: Provided, That 
such equipment may be transferred 15 days following writ-
ten notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8117. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating nations 
for logistical, military, and other support, including access, 
provided to United States military and stability operations 
to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: Provided, 
That such reimbursement payments may be made in such
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amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, may deter-
mine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 
and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 
accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol-
lowing written notification to the appropriate congressional 
committees: Provided further, That these funds may be used 
for the purpose of providing specialized training and pro-
curing supplies and specialized equipment and providing 
such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reim-
bursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States 
military and stability operations to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following written no-
tification to the appropriate congressional committees: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and 
status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8118. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing not more than 
30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re-
ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 
purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the
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United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include the amount of the contribution; the pur-
pose for which such contribution was made; and the author-
ity under which such contribution was accepted by the Sec-
retary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer than 
15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
in writing a notification of the planned use of such con-
tributions, including whether such contributions would sup-
port existing or new stationing or operations of the United 
States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8119. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in 
coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days 
after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, a report 
on the use of operation and maintenance funds for activities 
or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have been des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned activities 
for fiscal year 2024. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 
include— 
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 
and exercise covered by the report;
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(2) an identification of the military department 
and units that participated in each such activity or 
exercise (including an estimate of the number of par-
ticipants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 
such as transportation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the ac-
tivity or exercise. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 8120. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for fis-
cal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public 
Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the amounts 
specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in 
the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Allocation of Funds: 
CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate 
any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year 
under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there 
is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations 
for part of a fiscal year for the Department of Defense: Pro-
vided, That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this 
proviso shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, 
or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated using funds transferred from the 
CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allocated 
pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of 
the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds allo-
cated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the terms 
and conditions contained in the provisos in section 8005 
of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallocated pur-
suant to this subsection only for those requirements nec-
essary to carry out section 9903(b) of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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House of Representatives and the Senate proposed alloca-
tions by account and by program, project, or activity, with 
detailed justifications, for amounts made available under 
section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 
2025. 
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, 
and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8121. Not later than 15 days after the date on 
which any foreign base that involves the stationing or oper-
ations of the United States Armed Forces, including a tem-
porary base, permanent base, or base owned and operated 
by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in 
writing of the opening or closing of such base: Provided, 
That such notification shall also include information on 
any personnel changes, costs, and savings associated with 
the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
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ing for the introduction of United States Armed Forces into 
hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent 
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir-
cumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 
while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congres-
sional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
ing for the introduction of United States armed or military 
forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria 
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi-
cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air-
space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven-
tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require-
ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 
1543). 
SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for a 
purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base 
for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta-
tioning of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
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(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip 
Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air 
defense systems. 
SEC. 8126. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be 
used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to 
support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security 
along its borders. 
SEC. 8127. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure-
ment of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed 
as follows: 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$138,000,000; 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’, 
$68,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 
$52,000,000; 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$77,000,000;
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 
$9,500,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
$143,000,000; and 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National 
Guard’’, $12,500,000: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria-
tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 
Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8128. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies 
and management improvements in the funding of miscella-
neous or other contracts in the military departments, as 
follows: 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$21,000,000; 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’, 
$25,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 
$3,500,000; 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$22,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 
$1,700,000; and
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
$26,800,000: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria-
tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 
Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8129. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $500,000,000 to reflect excess 
cash balances in Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$400,000,000; and 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 8130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange 
rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby 
reduced by $969,000,000. 
SEC. 8131. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 
and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Coun-
sel Program: Provided, That the funds are made available 
for transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department 
of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: Provided 
further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and
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available for the same purposes and for the same time pe-
riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans-
ferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
Act. 
SEC. 8132. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Re-
productive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely 
Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Mem-
bers’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued 
to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of Defense 
shall apply such policy and guidance, except that— 
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8133. The Secretary of the Navy shall continue 
to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis, 
United States Navy, until such time as the Secretary of
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the Navy makes a determination with respect to the separa-
tion of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy. 
SEC. 8134. Grants pursuant to section 8120 of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C 
of Public Law 117–103) to communities impacted by mili-
tary aviation noise for the purpose of installing noise miti-
gating insulation at covered facilities may also provide for 
the installation of air conditioning that complements noise 
mitigating insulation at such facilities. 
SEC. 8135. During their period of availability, 
amounts appropriated in section 124 of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–180) 
may be charged for any proper expense pursuant to section 
1553(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, notwithstanding 
the limitation in section 1553(b)(2) of such title. 
SEC. 8136. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 
funds made available in this Act for procurement or for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 
Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, in-
cluding up to two F–35 aircraft of each variant, to a test 
configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the congressional de-
fense committees not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating 
funds under this section: Provided further, That any trans-
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fer of funds pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli-
gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air-
craft. 
SEC. 8138. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
may be used to enter into a contract or contracts for the 
procurement of airframes and engines for the CH–53K 
heavy lift helicopter program. 
SEC. 8139. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 
$650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 
associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of title 
10, United States Code, but only for the purposes specified 
in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection (c)(3)(B) 
of such section and subject to the applicable limits specified 
in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection and, in the 
case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject to a limit of 
$50,000,000, or for the purposes specified in section 229 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject to a limit of 
$100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall
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notify the congressional defense committees promptly of all 
uses of this authority. 
SEC. 8140. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Department 
of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established pursuant 
to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), 
$49,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
for the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant to section 
903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on capital assistance 
to support defense investment in the industrial base: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such amounts 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans, and total loan principal, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $984,000,000: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense (‘‘Sec-
retary’’) and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget (‘‘Director’’) shall jointly develop criteria for project 
eligibility for direct loans and loan guarantees authorized 
by section 903(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) that limit Fed-
eral participation in a project consistent with the require-
ments for the budgetary treatment provided for in section 
504 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and based
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on the recommendations contained in the 1967 Report of 
the President’s Commission on Budget Concepts: Provided 
further, That the Secretary and the Director shall, not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report 
such criteria to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and certify in that report that the criteria 
are compliant with this section: Provided further, That in 
the event that a report is not completed and certified within 
120 days, the Secretary and the Director shall provide a 
joint explanatory briefing on program establishment 
progress and estimated completion time: Provided further, 
That, in developing the criteria to be used, the Secretary 
and the Director shall consult with the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office: Provided further, That the re-
quirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the development of such criteria: Provided 
further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee au-
thority under this section for direct loans or commitments 
to guarantee loans for any project using funds provided by 
this section shall be in accordance with such criteria: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may not issue a Notice 
of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-
ance under the program authorized by section 903(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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(Public Law 118–31) using funds provided by this section 
until the criteria have been developed pursuant to the third 
proviso and certified pursuant to the fourth proviso: Pro-
vided further, That none of the direct loans or loan guar-
antee authority made available under this section shall be 
available for any project unless the Secretary and the Direc-
tor, or their respective designees, have each individually cer-
tified in advance in writing to the Subcommittees on De-
fense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that the direct loan or loan 
guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the 
criteria developed pursuant to this section: Provided fur-
ther, That the report required by the fourth proviso shall 
include information on any statutory improvements to sec-
tion 149 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 
903 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), and section 903(b) of such 
Act, that would further align such sections with the budg-
etary treatment and recommendations referred to in the 
third proviso, including statutory improvements necessary 
to ensure that no further reference to the criteria or the cer-
tifications will be required in appropriations Acts in future 
fiscal years: Provided further, That such statutory improve-
ments shall also be shared with the Committees on the 
Budget and Armed Services of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate: Provided further, That, for the purposes 
of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office may request, 
and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation 
and information relating to a project identified by the De-
partment of Defense pursuant to a Notice of Funding Avail-
ability for applications for credit assistance under section 
903(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31). 
SEC. 8141. Notwithstanding section 8057 of this Act, 
amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, Devel-
opment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this Act, 
as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled Ex-
planation of Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory 
statement regarding this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation Unit 
(DIU) Fielding’’ line 281A, that exceed the amounts re-
quested may be used for expenses for agile research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation, procurement, production, modi-
fication, and operation and maintenance requirements, in-
cluding the initial acquisition of end-items for operational 
use: Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated 
or expended until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense 
provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution plan 
for such funds.
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SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, or 
associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 
SEC. 8143. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 
by the government of China unless the Secretary of Defense 
determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States and, not later 
than 14 days after granting such a waiver, submits to the 
congressional defense committees a detailed justification for 
the waiver, including— 
(1) an identification of the Department of De-
fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 
(2) an identification of the amount of such 
funds; 
(3) an identification of the intended purpose of 
such funds; 
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospec-
tive recipient of such funds (including any third- 
party entity recipient, as applicable); 
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
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SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8145. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 of 
the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8146. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or
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imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8147. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8148. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia-
tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Sec-
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retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment; 
lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies and services; 
salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intelligence support 
to the military and national security forces of Ukraine, and 
to other forces or groups recognized by and under the au-
thority of the Government of Ukraine, including govern-
mental entities within Ukraine, engaged in resisting Rus-
sian aggression against Ukraine, for replacement of any 
weapons or articles provided to the Government of Ukraine 
from the inventory of the United States, and to recover or 
dispose of equipment procured using funds made available 
in this section in this or prior Acts: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 
to obligating funds made available in this section, notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the de-
tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, not more than 60 days after such 
notification is made, inform such committees if such funds 
have not been obligated and the reasons therefor: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall consult with 
such committees in advance of the provision of support pro-
vided to other forces or groups recognized by and under the 
authority of the Government of Ukraine: Provided further, 
That the United States may accept equipment procured
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using funds made available in this section in this or prior 
Acts transferred to the security forces of Ukraine and re-
turned by such forces to the United States: Provided further, 
That equipment procured using funds made available in 
this section in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred 
to the military or national security forces of Ukraine or 
to other assisted entities, or returned by such forces or other 
assisted entities to the United States, may be treated as 
stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees: Provided fur-
ther, That any notification of funds made available in this 
section shall specify an estimated timeline for the delivery 
of defense articles and defense services provided and shall 
identify if any equipment provided requires enhanced end- 
use monitoring: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense may accept and retain contributions, including 
money, personal property, and services, from foreign gov-
ernments and other entities, to carry out assistance author-
ized for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in this 
section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribu-
tion, delineating the sources and amounts of the funds re-
ceived and the specific use of such contributions: Provided 
further, That contributions of money for the purposes pro-
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vided herein from any foreign government or other entity 
may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and used for such purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar-
terly reports to the congressional defense committees on the 
use and status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available to 
remove a Chinese military company from the list required 
by section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), except in ac-
cordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section and 15 days 
following written notification to the congressional defense 
committees. 
SEC. 8150. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 525 of the 
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, 
and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real 
properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the 
performance of official business; executive direction pro-
gram activities; international affairs and economic policy 
activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, in-
cluding technical assistance to State, local, and territorial 
entities; and Treasury-wide management policies and pro-
grams activities $287,576,000, of which not less than 
$9,000,000 shall be available for the administration of fi-
nancial assistance, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
tion and representation expenses;
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(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration 
of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation of 
programs within the Office of Cybersecurity and 
Critical Infrastructure Protection, including en-
tering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson of 
the Committee may transfer such amounts to any depart-
ment or agency represented on the Committee (including 
the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance notifi-
cation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
amounts so transferred shall remain available until ex-
pended for expenses of implementing section 721 of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565), 
and shall be available in addition to any other funds avail-
able to any department or agency: Provided further, That 
fees authorized by section 721(p) of such Act shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation as offsetting collections: Provided 
further, That the total amount appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such off-
setting collections are received during fiscal year 2024, so 
as to result in a total appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
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drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 
$226,862,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$36,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not sup-
plant any other amounts made available to the Treasury 
offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading 
$6,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses for 
the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide oversight 
of the investments made under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant 
any other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief 
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs 
and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of 
the Treasury, $11,007,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That these funds shall be trans-
ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 
the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and 
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 
Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, $48,389,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall 
be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
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the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to 
$2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
shall be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant 
to section 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustain-
ability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of 
the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); 
and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 4 of 
title 5, United States Code, including purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; $172,508,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of 
which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for-
eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 
concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for as-
sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $190,193,000 of which not to exceed 
$55,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of 
the Fiscal Service, $391,109,000; of which not to exceed 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
is for information systems modernization initiatives; and 
of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and per-
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sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $157,795,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and of which not to exceed $50,000 
shall be available for cooperative research and development 
programs for laboratory services; and provision of labora-
tory assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accel-
erating the processing of formula and label applications: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, shall be for the costs associated with en-
forcement of and education regarding the trade practice 
provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
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the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2024 under such section 5136 for 
circulating coinage and protective service capital invest-
ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$50,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I 
of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $188,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com-
munity Development Financial Institutions Assist-
ance awards, is available until September 30, 2025, 
for financial assistance and technical assistance 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
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108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be used 
for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 
$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 
108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d)), may 
be available to provide financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training, and outreach to community de-
velopment financial institutions to expand invest-
ments that benefit individuals with disabilities, and 
of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for the Economic 
Mobility Corps to be operated in conjunction with the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: Provided, That the cost 
of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided under this para-
graph, excluding those made to community develop-
ment financial institutions to expand investments
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that benefit individuals with disabilities and those 
made to community development financial institu-
tions that serve populations living in persistent pov-
erty counties, the CDFI Fund shall prioritize Finan-
cial Assistance awards to organizations that invest 
and lend in high-poverty areas: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘high-pov-
erty area’’ means any census tract with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2016– 
2020 5-year data series available from the American 
Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census for 
all States and Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of 
at least 20 percent as measured by the 2010 Island 
areas Decennial Census data for any territory or pos-
session of the United States; 
(2) not less than $28,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2025, for fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified com-
munity development lender organizations with experi-
ence and expertise in community development bank-
ing and lending in Indian country, Native American
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organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and 
other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2025, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 
until September 30, 2025, for a Healthy Food Fi-
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions for the 
purpose of offering affordable financing and technical 
assistance to expand the availability of healthy food 
options in distressed communities; 
(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2025, to provide grants for loan loss 
reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 
small dollar loan programs under section 122 of Pub-
lic Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, That 
sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public Law 
shall not apply to the provision of such grants and 
technical assistance; 
(6) up to $35,000,000 is available for adminis-
trative expenses, including administration of CDFI
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Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 
Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the 
development of tools to better assess and inform CDFI 
investment performance and CDFI program impacts, 
and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program; and 
(7) during fiscal year 2024, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That 
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 
such section 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in 
effect until December 31, 2025: Provided further, That 
of the funds awarded under this heading, except those 
provided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not less 
than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
investments that serve populations living in persistent 
poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county, in-
cluding county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that
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has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020 
5-year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any 
other territory or possession of the United States that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas Decennial Cen-
suses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of the Census. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo-
cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed $100,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling 
for the Elderly Program, of which not less than 
$28,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, in-
cluding grants to individual clinics of up to $200,000, of 
which not less than $41,000,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2025, shall be available for the Community 
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Pro-
gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which 
not less than $271,200,000 shall be available for operating 
expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft 
and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of which not 
to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025; of which not less than $60,257,000 shall 
be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro-
gram; and of which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for 
investigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Di-
vision: Provided, That the amount made available for inves-
tigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Division
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shall be in addition to amounts made available for the 
Criminal Investigation Division under the ‘‘Operations 
Support’’ heading. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Revenue 
Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS- 
wide administration activities; research and statistics of in-
come; telecommunications; information technology develop-
ment, enhancement, operations, maintenance and security; 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight 
Board; and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$4,100,826,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025; of which not 
to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and 
renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for re-
search; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided, That 
not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the 
Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 
States detailing major information technology investments 
in the Internal Revenue Service portfolio, including de-
tailed, plain language summaries on the status of plans, 
costs, and results; prior results and actual expenditures of 
the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the 
fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with 
ongoing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; 
and total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its 
budget justification for fiscal year 2025, a summary of cost 
and schedule performance information for its major infor-
mation technology systems. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropriation 
in this Act made available to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided, That, notwithstanding the preceding 
proviso, no funds may be transferred into the appropriation 
under the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’.
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SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with 
taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial 
application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax-
payers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 
and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response 
time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard 
to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
employer making employment tax payments, and such no-
tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new 
address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com-
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promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud 
by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be-
liefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap-
ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 
of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 
2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi-
ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 
California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended—
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(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection proc-
ess with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 
unless such program or process takes into account the con-
duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former 
employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 
Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 
regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly to 
positions in the competitive service to process backlogged tax 
returns and return information. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 
United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 
Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
senger carrier transportation and protection between the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place of 
employment.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ or for the Special Inspec-
tor General for Pandemic Recovery may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer
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under this section may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the preceding proviso, under this section 
not more than $1,000,000 may be transferred to the Special 
Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by
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the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2024 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024.
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SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 
Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department- 
wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 
Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For-
feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 
previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 
that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. During fiscal year 2024— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of the 
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to 
issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
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mine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including the proposed regulations published at 78 
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for purposes of determining status under 
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
ated on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 
of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 
for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 
customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall submit 
reports on their activities to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
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Committee on Financial Services of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 
and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 
and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall make 
officials available to testify on the contents of the reports 
required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery, $11,880,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section
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4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 127. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act for the Department of the Treas-
ury may be transferred to the Department’s information 
technology system modernization and working capital fund 
(IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X 
of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for the purposes 
specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts 
transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 128. Amounts returned to the Secretary of the 
Treasury pursuant to section 603(b)(2)(C)(iv) of the Social 
Security Act may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Cyberse-
curity Enhancement Account’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 
3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, $78,904,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, $15,453,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114.
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REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to 
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
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in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 
year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimburs-
able operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such 
expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimburs-
able official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total 
that consists of reimbursable political events, and the por-
tion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of 
the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 
Residence that includes a standard for the classification of 
any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided fur-
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ther, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed 
to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applica-
ble requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 
31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
105(d), $2,475,000, to remain available until expended, for 
required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 
issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,854,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$114,308,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re-
main available until expended for continued modernization 
of information resources within the Executive Office of the 
President: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available for a pro-
gram to provide payments (such as stipends, subsistence al-
lowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to students, re-
cent graduates, and veterans recently discharged from ac-
tive duty who are performing voluntary services in the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President under section 3111(b) of title 
5, United States Code, or comparable authority and shall 
be in addition to amounts otherwise available to pay or 
compensate such individuals: Provided further, That such 
payments shall not be considered compensation for purposes 
of such section 3111(b) and may be paid in advance. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the
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provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $129,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 
the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 
actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi-
cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 
Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for 
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed 
by the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi-
rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for evalu-
ating or determining if water resource project or study re-
ports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through
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the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all appli-
cable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the 
Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have 
not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary pol-
icy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief 
of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 
the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided further, That 
if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the 
appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management 
and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 
and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly: Provided further, That no later than 14 days after 
the submission of the budget of the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2025, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall make publicly available on a 
website a tabular list for each agency that submits budget 
justification materials (as defined in section 3 of the Fed-
eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006) that shall include, at minimum, the name of the 
agency, the date on which the budget justification materials
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of the agency were submitted to Congress, and a uniform 
resource locator where the budget justification materials are 
published on the website of the agency: Provided further, 
That amounts appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
for fiscal year 2017, as authorized by law, in excess of 
amounts that were available for obligation during such fis-
cal year. 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellectual 
Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by title 
III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In-
tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), in-
cluding services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,883,000. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 
Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 
$21,707,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and for participation in 
joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of 
mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organi-
zations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$21,785,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to ac-
cept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and per-
sonal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $298,579,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
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ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen-
cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 
up to $4,000,000 may be used for auditing services and as-
sociated activities and $2,000,000 shall be for the Grants 
Management System for use by the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy: Provided further, That any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2022 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re-
programming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2023, shall be fund-
ed at not less than the fiscal year 2023 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2024 funding among 
HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 
and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of discre-
tionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation
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with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds so transferred from 
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided herein and upon notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the 
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 
amended, $136,150,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 
for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not more 
than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, and of 
which $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by sec-
tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 
of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training 
and technical assistance; $14,000,000 for anti-doping ac-
tivities; up to $3,700,000 for the United States membership 
dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the 
Model Acts Program; and $5,200,000 for activities author-
ized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That
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amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities: Provided further, That the Director of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer 
than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this heading 
for United States membership dues to the World Anti- 
Doping Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
spending plan and explanation of the proposed uses of these 
funds. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$990,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 
funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 
to meet these purposes.
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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $6,015,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $318,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se-
curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 
of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 
and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi-
cer as the President may designate in writing) may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 
to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 
appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per-
cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 
the approval of the Vice President.
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SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2024, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the 
President shall be accompanied by a written statement from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on 
the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve-
nues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order or 
memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each year 
in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2024; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2024. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum 
is issued during fiscal year 2024 due to a national emer-
gency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later 
than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum 
is issued.
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(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all Federal 
departments, agencies, and corporations directing compli-
ance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$13,045,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 
and for the projects specified in the table that appears under 
the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive Office 
of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available by this section 
may be transferred for any other purpose. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be 
expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $129,323,000, 
of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 under the 
direction of the Chief Justice, $20,688,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$36,735,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $21,260,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 
the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
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Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
by law, $5,995,055,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration 
projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,975,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 
and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 
other services for such representations as authorized by law; 
the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 
18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 
in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $1,450,680,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $58,239,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court or Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts operations, the procurement, installation, and main-
tenance of security systems and equipment for United 
States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
or Administrative Office of the United States Courts oper-
ations, building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail 
and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, 
basic security services provided by the Federal Protective 
Service, and other similar activities as authorized by sec-
tion 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Jus-
tice Act (Public Law 100–702), $750,163,000, of which not 
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United 
States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for ad-
ministering the Judicial Facility Security Program con-
sistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Direc-
tor of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
and the Attorney General: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used for managing a 
Judiciary-wide program to facilitate security and emer-
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gency management services among the Judiciary, United 
States Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Gen-
eral Services Administration, other Federal agencies, state 
and local governments and the public; and for purposes au-
thorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Pri-
vacy Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263, division C, title 
LIX, subtitle D) and 28 U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$102,673,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2025, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 
and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in section 608.
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SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu-
tive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 
as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 
that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home-
land Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 
services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the 
United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 
of Homeland Security.
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SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘33 years and 6 months’’; and 
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District 
of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 
U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat-
ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘30 
years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6 
months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 
107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘21 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘22 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘20 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’; and
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(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western 
district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘19 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘appointed pursuant 
to this section’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘paid to an attorney’’ 
each place it appears; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
attorney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the attor-
ney’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, or the attor-
ney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the appointed attor-
ney’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 
Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
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trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations for these funds showing, by object class, the ex-
penditures made and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur-
rounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
events related to the presence of the National Capital in 
the District of Columbia, including support requested by 
the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 
out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup-
port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris-
dictions.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, 
$292,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
$141,973,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; for the District of 
Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and $46,750,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended con-
sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 
study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 
That, in addition to the amounts appropriated herein, fees 
received by the District of Columbia Courts for admin-
istering bar examinations and processing District of Co-
lumbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, for sala-
ries and expenses associated with such activities, notwith-
standing section 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
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Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District
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of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations made avail-
able under this heading, $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2024.
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FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $286,016,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $200,034,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision 
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or 
the provision of services for or related to such persons, of 
which $4,253,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2026, for costs associated with the relocation under re-
placement leases for headquarters offices, field offices and 
related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $85,982,000 shall be avail-
able to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $2,503,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for costs 
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 
headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned 
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and ob-
ligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may 
be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-
cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$53,629,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, for costs associated with reloca-
tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field 
offices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under this 
heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
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expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish 
for employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service a program substantially similar to the program set 
forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States 
Code, except that the maximum amount of the payment 
made under the program to any individual may not exceed 
the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for the purposes 
of engaging with, and receiving services from, Federal 
Franchise Fund Programs established in accordance with 
section 403 of the Government Management Reform Act of 
1994, as amended, the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service shall be considered an agency of the United States 
Government: Provided further, That the District of Colum-
bia Public Defender Service may enter into contracts for 
the procurement of severable services and multiyear con-
tracts for the acquisition of property and services to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as an executive 
agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until
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expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $300,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
portunity scholarships, up to $1,750,000 shall be for the ac-
tivities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the 
Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified 
in section 3009 of the Act.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund
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of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budg-
et Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25–47) and at the rates set forth 
in such Act, as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Offi-
cial Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 
47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi-
sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act 
for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal 
year 2024 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates 
included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023, 
as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the 
sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans-
actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated 
operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such in-
creases shall be approved by enactment of local District law 
and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained 
in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
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the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ-
ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2024, except that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,430,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase
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of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$150,975,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, to carry out the program, including admin-
istrative costs, authorized by section 1405 of the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110– 
140, as amended), and of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to carry out the program, includ-
ing administrative costs, authorized by section 204 of the 
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide 
Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q 
of Public Law 117–103). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2024, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine—
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(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives;
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tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule 
C position occupied by the individual was not created solely 
or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White 
House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed 
to or from an element of the intelligence community (as 
that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-