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projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra-
structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 
infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec-
tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 
of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 
loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri-
teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 
(85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading 
shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 
or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 
with the criteria referenced in the preceding proviso: Pro-
vided 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 Admin-
istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-
mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter-
est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice
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of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-
ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 
was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $8,236,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist
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the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2023. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
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tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $350,000 per project. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2023, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)) for fiscal year 2023, to remain 
available until expended. 
For fiscal year 2023, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use
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the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2023 to provide 
grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
tershed Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-
tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds made available 
under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 
be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4). 
Section 122(b)(3) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)), shall be applied by inserting 
before the period: ‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft.’’. 
For fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Office of 
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office 
of Water may, using funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ and 
‘‘Science and Technology’’, contract directly with individ-
uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organiza-
717 
tions, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary 
or intermittent personal services of students or recent 
graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur-
poses of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal em-
ployees for any other purpose: Provided, That amounts 
used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively 
may not exceed $2,000,000. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$1,429,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
fice.
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FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $1,112,652,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2026: Provided, That a por-
tion of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 
Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Performance 
Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 
Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administra-
tive and general management support functions: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 
available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 
leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, 
general management and other Forest Service support 
functions take place; the costs of all utility and tele-
communication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as 
business services; and, for information technology, includ-
ing cyber security requirements: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-
essary expenses to carry out administrative and general 
management support functions of the Forest Service not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation.
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FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $360,370,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026: Provided, That of 
the funds provided, $37,700,000 is for the forest inventory 
and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori-
ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 
Science Research. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, including for invasive plants, and conducting an 
international program and trade compliance activities as 
authorized, $332,626,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026, as authorized by law, of which 
$9,482,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Re-
source Information and Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Inte-
rior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items’’ included in the report accom-
panying this Act.
720 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands, $1,997,650,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (in-
creased by $8,000,000), to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$60,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration 
treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $38,000,000 shall be 
for forest products: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available for hazardous fuels management under 
this heading in prior Acts, any unobligated amounts may 
be transferred to ‘‘Forest Service—Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’ to be used for the purposes provided therein: 
Provided further, That funds made available to implement 
the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 
393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 
lands in accordance with authorities made available to the 
Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ ap-
propriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
721 
tion 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 
U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating 
a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide 
a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Graz-
ing Association or direct permittee for a conservation 
practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal 
year in which the cost of the conservation practice is in-
curred, and that the amount credited shall remain avail-
able to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, 
as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is 
made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project 
for conservation practices approved by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated to this account 
shall be available for the base salary and expenses of em-
ployees that carry out the functions funded by the ‘‘Cap-
ital Improvement and Maintenance’’ account, the ‘‘Range 
Betterment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Management of Na-
tional Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ account. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $162,182,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2026, for construction, capital 
improvement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings
722 
and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construc-
tion, reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that 
are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that 
are not part of the transportation system; and for mainte-
nance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 
205: Provided, That $15,000,000 shall be for activities au-
thorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That 
funds becoming available in fiscal year 2023 under the Act 
of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred 
to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be 
available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose 
unless the funds are appropriated. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
723 
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2026, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 
Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2026, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act.
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MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
tem lands and water, $2,678,659,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such funds including unob-
ligated balances under this heading, are available for re-
payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 
previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis-
cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 
State and other cooperating entities for services provided 
in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters
725 
to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 
for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 
emergency management agency: Provided further, That 
funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-
eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $321,388,000 
shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of 
which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make 
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Serv-
ice under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, 
for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use 
of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided 
further, That funds made available in the preceding pro-
viso to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, 
Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use 
on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made 
available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Pri-
vate Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into pro-
curement contracts or cooperative agreements; to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels management activities; for
726 
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 
fuels management activities on Federal land; or for train-
ing or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
management activities on non-Federal land if the Sec-
retary determines such activities benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for 
wildfire suppression operations, and is provided to meet 
the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-
ations, $2,210,000,000, to remain available until trans-
ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 
purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022: Provided, That such amounts may be
727 
transferred to and merged with amounts made available 
under the headings ‘‘Department of the Interior—Depart-
ment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ and 
‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in 
the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred: Pro-
vided further, That amounts may be transferred to the 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ accounts in the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture only upon 
the notification of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations 
funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will 
be transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That, in determining 
whether all wildfire suppression operations funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will 
be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso, any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred 
pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by law 
shall be excluded.
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COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe-
cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 
shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 
(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
729 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 
Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 
Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 
of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in-
crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-
ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-
tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated
730 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 
obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 
pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro-
vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none 
of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to 
and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
731 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States government, private sector, and inter-
national organizations. The Forest Service, acting for the 
International Program, may sign direct funding agree-
ments with foreign governments and institutions as well 
as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation), United States pri-
vate sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs on forestry and 
rangeland management: Provided, That to maximize effec-
tiveness of domestic and international research and co-
operation, the International Program may utilize all au-
thorities related to forestry, research, and cooperative as-
sistance regardless of program designations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal,
732 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain informa-
tion technology services, including telecommunications and 
system modifications or enhancements, from the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within
733 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds.
734 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
735 
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 
and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded
736 
by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 
Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Re-
source Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and 
Development Program. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $5,734,044,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, except as otherwise provided herein, together 
with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 
sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 238(b)and 238b), for services furnished by the 
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, 
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe
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or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available for 
grants or contracts with public or private institutions to 
provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, in-
cluding alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 
That $1,097,255,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, in-
cluding $54,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$66,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $58,000,000 shall be 
for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emer-
gencies, including supplementing activities funded under 
the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities,’’ of which up to 
$4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise 
available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con-
tracts shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 
108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section
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108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That the amounts made available within this ac-
count for the substance use and suicide prevention pro-
gram, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-
thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro-
grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-
formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 
Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 
quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 
public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re-
duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 
health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 
Excellence, for Alzheimer’s grants, for Village Built Clin-
ics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation 
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Di-
rector of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants 
that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation
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is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur-
pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 
That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 
and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 
facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individ-
ually identifiable health information relating to disabled 
children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying 
out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $232,138,000 is for the In-
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dian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, 
as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under 
the Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 
other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 
Health Record system shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for the selection or implementation of a new 
Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance 
of such obligation. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2023, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 
but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for con-
tract support costs for such agreements for the current 
fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 
for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years.
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PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) for fiscal year 2023, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 
improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil-
iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara-
tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 
sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 
community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 
by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec-
essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 
health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 
Service, $1,306,979,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 
construction, renovation, or expansion of health facilities 
for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used 
to purchase land on which such facilities will be located: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM 
equipment from the Department of Defense for distribu-
tion to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the 
Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities 
construction for new homes funded with grants by the 
housing programs of the United States Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the
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Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 
may be extended health care at all tribally administered 
or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 
the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 
638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identi-
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fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 
or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated 
to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self- 
governance agreement under title V of such Act and there-
after shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final 
rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 
1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
relating to the eligibility for the health care services of 
the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law: Provided further, That with respect to func-
tions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes 
or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is au-
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thorized to provide goods and services to those entities on 
a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 
subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received 
therefrom, along with the funds received from those enti-
ties pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 
be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation ac-
count from which the funds were originally derived, with 
such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That reimbursements for training, technical as-
sistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, 
and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, 
services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That 
the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical 
personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian 
Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that 
would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps 
of the United States Public Health Service serving in simi-
lar positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the 
appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 
not be altered without advance notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$83,035,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $85,020,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical
747 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 
or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2023, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $4,676,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the
748 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376, $14,400,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-
spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.
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OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $3,060,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading: 
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 
have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off
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the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 
to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,274,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
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ployees, $909,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $26,974,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, Na-
tional Museum of the American Latino, and the repatri-
ation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be nec-
essary to support American overseas research centers: 
Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 
advance payments to independent contractors performing 
research services or participating in official Smithsonian 
presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian In-
stitution may expend Federal appropriations designated in 
this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 
be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution 
to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 
the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 
supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, 
That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds 
of the Institution for such purpose shall not be construed 
as Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a 
transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Govern-
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ment: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 
be used directly to service debt which is incurred to fi-
nance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of plan-
ning, designing, and constructing improvements to such 
building: Provided further, That any agreement entered 
into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its own-
ership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building 
so acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 
30 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate, the Committees on House Administration and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 
2536) on the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel,
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$265,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 
in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 
rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 
contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-
ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 
works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 
made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-
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ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 
$170,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$39,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $27,208,000 shall be available 
for design and construction of an off-site art storage facil-
ity in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and 
may be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such 
purposes: Provided further, That contracts awarded for en-
vironmental systems, protection systems, and exterior re-
pair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 
Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well 
as price.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $27,640,000, to remain available 
until September, 30, 2024. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$17,740,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$188,250,000 shall be available for support of activities 
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$18,750,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $15,750,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section
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10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms
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of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the 
item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Af-
fairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law
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by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 
956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2023 in the second 
paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ 
before the first period: Provided further, That in deter-
mining an eligible organization’s annual income for cal-
endar years 2021, 2022, and 2023 funds or grants re-
ceived by the eligible organization from any supplemental 
appropriations Act related to coronavirus or any other law 
providing appropriations for the purpose of preventing, 
preparing for, or responding to coronavirus shall be count-
ed as part of the eligible organization’s annual income. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,585,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals.
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $65,231,000 (increased by $2,000,000), of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; 
and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and re-
habilitation program and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s 
outreach initiatives program shall remain available until 
expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 
to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man-
agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 
amount not to exceed $90,000,000: Provided, That such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-
tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 
I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National
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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 
I Centennial Commission, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to 
the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the 
World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind per-
sonnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate 
support from any executive branch agency for activities 
of the Commission. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 
observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-
versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 
by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 
Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
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promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-
tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-
partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-
sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-
proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or
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process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2024, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of
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the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2023. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2023 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2023 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding
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agreements for fiscal year 2023 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 
Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 
this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-
tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis.
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PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses.
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PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any
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other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient.
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Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
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Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1);
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(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2023.
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FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis-
tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 
horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-
ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-
mals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 
under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming
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horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 
195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 
and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-
ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 
results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 
a commercial product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 
in a manner that results in the destruction of the 
horse or burro for processing into a commercial 
product; or 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 
of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 
available for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 
and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 
in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 
processing into a commercial product.
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FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 
U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that—
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(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out
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the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 
of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 
Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 
out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-
agement program to such organizations. 
RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed
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FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 427. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 
note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 
108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’. 
CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 
leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil 
and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal 
area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 
Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and dated April 2, 2019. 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 429. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence 
no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal.
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FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 430. The authority provided under the heading 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 
I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 
division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 
place it appears. 
ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB-
LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND 
AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
SEC. 431. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 
made available from the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2023 pursuant 
to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 
States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec-
tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 
the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 
in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 
specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture,
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as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 
expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for fiscal year 2023 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 
and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al-
location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 
of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 
allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 
United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 
of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 
and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub-
sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 
in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 
not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad-
ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 
or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 
be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 
allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section.
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(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 
‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 
of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-
toration Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ to any project funded 
by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 
that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 
cost overruns, in accordance with the following require-
ments: 
(1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 
reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re-
sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 
(2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 
reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 
within the original scope of effort for projects fund-
ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund; and 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days 
before taking any actions authorized by this sub-
section if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin-
gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 
percent or greater than the following, as applicable:
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(A) The amount allocated to that project 
in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the report ac-
companying this Act; or 
(B) The initial estimate in the most recent 
report submitted, prior to enactment of this 
Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur-
suant to section 434(e) of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260). 
(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 
the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 
to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 
United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 
Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 
‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo-
cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 
54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 
the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration
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Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 
such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 
that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 
That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate 
a previously approved project must be clearly identified 
in such submission. 
(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget sub-
mission of the President for fiscal year 2024, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Fed-
eral land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at 
the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 
the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the 
‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that 
are prioritized and detailed by account, program, 
and project, and that total no less than half the full 
amount allocated to each account for that land man-
agement Agency under the allocations submitted 
under section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United 
States Code: Provided, That in the event amounts 
allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to
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subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code are no longer needed because a project 
has been completed or can no longer be executed, 
such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed 
for reallocation in the annual budget submission. 
(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest 
Legacy projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Esti-
mates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, and on the list of supple-
mentary allocations required by subparagraph (A) 
shall be comprised only of projects for which a will-
ing seller has been identified and for which an ap-
praisal or market research has been initiated. 
(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2024, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate project data sheets in the same format and 
containing the same level of detailed information 
that is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifica-
tions annually submitted by the Department of the 
Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 
in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code,
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and in the same format and containing the same 
level of detailed information that is found on such 
sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to sec-
tion 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for 
the list of supplementary allocations required by 
subparagraph (A). 
(e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 
activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 
to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom-
mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 
section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 
of this section. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 432. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of
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the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) using the best available science, recog-
nizes the benefits of the use of forest biomass 
for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 
management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon benefits of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations;
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(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder.
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TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 
LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this 
Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-
tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 
U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 
to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 
projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 
200401(2). 
ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL 
SEC. 435. Section 5(a)(10) of the National Trails 
System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10)) is amended by strik-
ing the third and fourth sentences and inserting ‘‘The trail 
shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 
a unit of the National Park System.’’. 
FACILITIES RENOVATION FOR URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED FOR OTHER 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 436. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices may authorize an urban Indian organization (as de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1603) that is awarded a grant or contract 
under title V of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.)) to
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use funds provided in such grant or contract for minor 
renovations to facilities or construction or expansion of fa-
cilities, including leased facilities, to assist the urban In-
dian organization in meeting or maintaining standards 
issued by Federal or State governments or by accredita-
tion organizations. 
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to plan, design, study, or construct, for 
the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or in-
dividuals, a forest development road in the Tongass Na-
tional Forest. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 438. Section 8206(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(4)(B)(i)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or Bureau of Land Management 
managed’’ after ‘‘National Forest System’’. 
PERMIT PROHIBITION 
SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a permit for the import of a 
sport-hunted trophy of an elephant or lion taken in Tan-
zania, Zimbabwe, or Zambia. The limitation described in 
this section shall not apply in the case of the administra-
tion of a tax or tariff.
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SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 
division may be used to enforce the Presidential Memo-
randum entitled ‘‘Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Cer-
tain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf 
from Leasing Disposition’’ (issued September 8, 2020) or 
the Presidential Memorandum entitled ‘‘Presidential De-
termination on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the 
United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Dis-
position’’ (issued September 25, 2020), with respect to 
leasing activities pursuant to section 8(p)(1)(C) of the 
Outer 
Continental 
Shelf 
Lands 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1337(p)(1)(C)) relating to the Mid Atlantic, South Atlan-
tic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’.
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DIVISION 
F—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION, 
VETERANS 
AF-
FAIRS, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $997,425,000 (in-
creased by $997,425,000) (reduced by $997,425,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $240,011,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, architect and engineer services, and host 
nation support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
of the Army determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de-
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termination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$101,860,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, $3,808,340,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$428,073,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $5,949,000 shall be for the project
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and activity, and in the amount, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $2,291,156,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$171,094,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $185,700,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air 
Force’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,675,128,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 
be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 
of Defense available for military construction or family 
housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 
same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $506,107,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of Defense determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, $58,730,000 shall be for the projects and activi-
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ties, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ in the re-
port accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $325,658,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $43,625,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Di-
rector of the Army National Guard determines that addi-
tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $3,380,000 shall be for the projects 
and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army National 
Guard’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
Acts, $193,983,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $41,712,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director 
of the Air National Guard determines that additional obli-
gations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, $20,100,000 shall be for the projects and activi-
ties, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’ in 
the report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter
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1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $119,878,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$19,829,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $30,337,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $2,590,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $82,123,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$21,773,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $5,500,000 shall be for the projects 
and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Re-
serve’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa-
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cilities and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 
by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Acts, $220,139,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $574,687,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$169,339,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for op-
eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $446,411,000.
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FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 
authorized by law, $337,297,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 
law, $378,224,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$232,788,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges,
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and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$365,222,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments) for operation and maintenance, 
leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 
$50,113,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $6,442,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro-
viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili-
tary family housing and supporting facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $494,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
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ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 
supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 
exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there-
for. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal High-
way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 
the construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author-
ized therein are certified as important to the national de-
fense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 
the United States for which specific appropriations have 
not been made.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 
the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi-
neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina-
tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 
by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 
relocate any activity from one base or installation to an-
other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
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ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 
awarded to United States firms or United States firms 
in joint venture with host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract
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awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 
of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon-
sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 
than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall 
not apply to contract awards for military construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re-
sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in-
cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 
scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 
States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 
current session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 
and on subsequent claims, if any.
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SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds made available to a military department 
or defense agency for the construction of military projects 
may be obligated for a military construction project or 
contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 
at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 
available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 
obligated from funds available for military construction 
projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 
for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 
such project is increased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense
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Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guaran-
tees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, 
United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of ac-
quiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 
with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 
42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 
be merged with and be available for the same purposes
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and for the same time period as the fund to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 
source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 
housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 
Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be 
spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen-
eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica-
tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 
medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 
notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 
solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi-
ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an-
nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex-
penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar-
ters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec-
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tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priated and shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 123. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘De-
810 
partment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con-
struction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Mili-
tary Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 
Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2023 in the 
funding table in section 4601 of that Act shall be imme-
diately available and allotted to contract for the full scope 
of authorized projects. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, 
funds made available in this Act or any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated before October 1, 2024 for fiscal years 2017 and 
2018 military construction projects for which project au-
thorization has not lapsed or for which authorization is 
extended for fiscal year 2023 by a National Defense Au-
thorization Act: Provided, That no amounts may be obli-
gated pursuant to this section from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 125. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 126. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 
unspecified minor construction, for improving military in-
stallation resilience, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $40,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $40,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$40,000,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds 
prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of
812 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required 
by this section. 
SEC. 127. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 
child development centers, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, $360,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for expenses incurred as 
a result of natural disasters: Provided, That not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section.
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SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, un-
specified minor construction, and authorized major con-
struction projects, for construction improvements to De-
partment of Defense laboratory facilities, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $40,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $30,000,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$30,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds 
prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required 
by this section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $8,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction
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projects identified in the Department of the Air Force’s 
unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2023 submitted to 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Air Force, or a duly authorized designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified to address cost increases 
identified subsequent to the fiscal year 2023 budget re-
quest for authorized major construction projects included 
in that request, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $253,500,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $200,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$30,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$37,897,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$89,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$11,000,000;
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‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$66,000,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
Reserve’’, 
$2,660,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds 
prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required 
by this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Defense-Wide’’ , $8,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, to address cost in-
creases for authorized major construction projects funded 
by this Act: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi-
ture plan for funds provided under this section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may not obligate 
or expend any funds prior to approval by the Committees
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on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the ex-
penditure plan required by this section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $100,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, for planning 
and design of water treatment and distribution facilities 
construction, including relating to improvements of infra-
structure and defueling at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage 
Facility: Provided, That not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Navy may not obligate or 
expend any funds prior to approval by the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the expendi-
ture plan required by this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for barracks and unaccom-
panied personnel housing, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$15,243,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$68,400,000:
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Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the Department’s 
unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2023 submitted to 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Army, or their designee, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 135. For an additional amount for ‘‘Family 
Housing Construction, Army’’ , $138,783,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction, im-
provement, and replacement projects identified in the De-
partment of the Army’s cost to complete projects list of 
previously appropriated projects submitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That, of the amount made available 
under this section, $28,900,000 shall be available for 
projects within the continental United States: Provided 
further, That such projects are subject to authorization 
prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
construction: Provided further, That not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army, or their designee, shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
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SEC. 136. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for child development cen-
ters, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $9,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $47,940,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$22,393,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
tary department’s Future Years Defense Program list for 
fiscal year 2023 submitted to Congress, or the respective 
military department’s cost to complete project list of pre-
viously appropriated projects submitted to Congress: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 
13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle-
ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi-
cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi-
cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur-
ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec-
tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 
53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$146,778,136,000, which shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2023, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $21,423,000 of the amount made avail-
able for fiscal year 2024 under this heading shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene-
820 
fits Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ for necessary expenses in implementing the provi-
sions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States 
Code, the funding source for which is specifically provided 
as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding 
of individual medical facilities for nursing home care pro-
vided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap-
ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 
61 of title 38, United States Code, $8,452,500,000, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2023, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That expenses for re-
habilitation program services and assistance which the 
Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of 
section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub-
section, shall be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
821 
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United 
States Code, $121,126,000, which shall become available 
on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 
authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2023, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $282,361,131. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $7,171, as authorized 
by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to sub-
822 
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $942,330. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $445,698, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 
of title 38, United States Code, $1,400,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of De-
fense 
for 
the 
cost 
of 
overseas 
employee 
mail, 
$3,863,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000): Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 
(11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code,
823 
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec-
essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 
maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 
independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac-
count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 
food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em-
ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, assist-
ance and support services for caregivers as authorized by 
section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repay-
ments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 
Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), 
monthly assistance allowances authorized by section
825 
retary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for 
the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in en-
rollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing 
of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administra-
tion facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written 
prescriptions based on requirements established by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of 
the program described in the previous proviso shall incur 
no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under 
this heading for medical supplies and equipment are avail-
able for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically 
for female veterans. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, at non-Department facilities, $4,300,000,000 
(reduced by $5,000,000), which shall be in addition to 
funds previously appropriated under this heading that be-
come available on October 1, 2022; and, in addition, 
$33,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available
826 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available on October 1, 2023, under this heading, 
$2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart-
ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De-
partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov-
ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $1,400,000,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that become available on October 1, 2022; 
and, in addition, $12,300,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2023, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2023, under 
this heading, $200,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities,
827 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 
activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate-
rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; 
$1,500,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre-
viously appropriated under this heading that become avail-
able 
on 
October 
1, 
2022; 
and, 
in 
addition, 
$8,800,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2023, under this heading, 
$350,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code,
828 
$926,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 
prosthetic research specifically for female veterans, and 
for toxic exposure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not other-
wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter-
ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $430,000,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for
829 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, 
$435,000,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which not to 
exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 
Veterans Appeals, $285,000,000, of which not to exceed 
10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology 
systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
opmental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
cluding management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $5,782,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (re-
830 
duced by $1,000,000), plus reimbursements: Provided, 
That $1,494,230,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) shall be for 
pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided 
further, That $4,145,678,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided further, That $142,092,000 shall be 
for information technology systems development, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex-
penses, operations and maintenance, and information 
technology systems development may be transferred 
among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account for development may be trans-
ferred among projects or to newly defined projects: Pro-
vided further, That no project may be increased or de-
creased by more than $3,000,000 of cost prior to submit-
ting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days
831 
has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under this heading for information technology sys-
tems development shall be for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table entitled ‘‘Information 
Technology Development Projects’’ under this heading in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, 
development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte-
nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 
5 and 38, United States Code, $1,759,000,000 (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quar-
terly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and de-
ployment implementation by facility, including any 
changes from the deployment plan or schedule: Provided 
further, That the funds provided in this account shall only 
be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be 
administered by that Office: Provided further, That 25 
percent of the funds made available under this heading
832 
shall not be available until July 1, 2023, and are contin-
gent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs providing a 
certification of any changes to the deployment schedules 
contained in the plan submitted pursuant to the last pro-
viso under this heading in division J of Public Law 117– 
103, an updated plan with benchmarks and measurable 
metrics for deployment, and an updated plan for address-
ing all required infrastructure upgrades, no later than 30 
days prior to that date to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, and upon approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions prior to that date. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, to include information technology, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $273,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar-
chitectural and engineering services, construction manage-
833 
ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 
and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac-
quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 
than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 
made available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$1,371,890,000 (increased by $550,000,000) (reduced by 
$550,000,000), of which $731,722,000 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2027, 
and 
of 
which 
$640,168,000 shall remain available until expended, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be available for seismic improve-
ment projects and seismic program management activities, 
including for projects that would otherwise be funded by 
the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or 
National Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, 
That except for advance planning activities, including 
needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
investments, and other capital asset management related 
activities, including portfolio development and manage-
ment activities, and planning, cost estimating, and design 
for major medical facility projects and major medical facil-
ity leases and investment strategy studies funded through 
the advance planning fund and the planning and design
834 
activities funded through the design fund, staffing ex-
penses, and funds provided for the purchase, security, and 
maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Adminis-
tration through the land acquisition line item, none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through 
the budgetary process or that has not been approved by 
the Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the 
explanatory statement accompanying such Act and pre-
sented to the President at the time of enrollment: Provided 
further, That such sums as may be necessary shall be 
available to reimburse the ‘‘General Administration’’ ac-
count for payment of salaries and expenses of all Office 
of Construction and Facilities Management employees to 
support the full range of capital infrastructure services 
provided, including minor construction and leasing serv-
ices: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading for fiscal year 2023, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con-
struction documents contract by September 30, 2023; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 
report on any approved major construction project for
835 
which obligations are not incurred within the time limita-
tions established above: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, amounts made available under this 
heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic pro-
gram management activities shall be available for the com-
pletion of both new and existing seismic projects of the 
Department. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 
which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, 
United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$626,110,000, 
of 
which 
$563,499,000 shall remain available until September 30,
836 
2027, and of which $62,611,000 shall remain available 
until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre-
vious ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations 
which are hereby made available for any project where the 
estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 
in such section: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 
of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 
damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 
and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 
minimize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 
and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 
care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 
8137 of title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United
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States Code, $50,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to 
remain available until expended. 
ASSET AND INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW 
For carrying out the VA Asset and Infrastructure 
Review Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title II of Public Law 
115–182), $5,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2023 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com-
mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 
of 30 days has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, in this or 
any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 
Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred
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among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 
or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 
in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 
That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compli-
ance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 
cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 
further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re-
quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
839 
ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec-
tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 
or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim-
bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina-
tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 
rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2022.
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SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 
and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 
Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 
the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 
1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 
1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 
the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi-
nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse-
ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu-
mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 
2023 that are available for dividends in that program after 
claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of
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administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 
amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2023 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
such insurance program and to the provision of any total 
disability income insurance included in that insurance pro-
gram. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 
lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in-
curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro-
viding enhanced-use lease services shall be available until 
expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment, Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alter-
native Dispute Resolution function within the Office of 
Human Resources and Administration for all services pro-
vided at rates which will recover actual costs but not to 
exceed $86,481,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment, Diversity and Inclusion, $6,812,000 for the Office
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of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, 
and $4,576,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution 
function within the Office of Human Resources and Ad-
ministration: Provided, That payments may be made in 
advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the office 
that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 
care, or medical services provided to any person under 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 
information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 
provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the
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Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re-
ceived. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas-
ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 
the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 
(including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 
provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the
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‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health 
Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health 
Compact with the Indian Health Service, to provide 
healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to 
veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require par-
ticipating veterans and facilities to comply with all appro-
priate rules and regulations, as established by the Sec-
retary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands 
which are not within the boundaries of the municipality 
of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pur-
suant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail-
able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both
845 
Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 
Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 
the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quar-
terly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administra-
tion’’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Op-
erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, 
and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fis-
cal year 2023 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such 
transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggre-
gate increase in the total amount made available by this 
Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 
Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology 
Systems’’, up to $330,140,000, plus reimbursements, may 
be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra-
tion Fund, established by section 1704 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation 
of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical 
facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hun-
ter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 
That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That section 220 of title II of division J of Public Law 
117–103 is repealed.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 
October 1, 2023, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Com-
munity Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $314,825,000, plus reimburse-
ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used 
for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed-
eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 
Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 
accounts designated in this section to the Joint Depart-
ment of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica-
tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided
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at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili-
ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail-
able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for oper-
ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2573), amounts trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
shall remain available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 
minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as au-
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thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 
Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 
authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 
of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 
days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 
describe the anticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds made available for 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project 
in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi-
nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 
the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 225. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing perform-
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ance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Ad-
ministration Regional Office: Provided, That, at a min-
imum, the report shall include the direction contained in 
the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the 
heading ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’ in the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying Public Law 114–223: Provided further, That the 
report shall also include information on the number of ap-
peals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as 
well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 
basis. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide written notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 
more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 
single national outreach and awareness marketing cam-
paign in which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address
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needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans-
fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 
appropriations made available for fiscal year 2023 in this 
title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac-
count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2023, that were provided in ad-
vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 
may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 
all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 
are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back
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to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 
That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, under the 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 
may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 
before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or 
programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code—
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(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained profes-
sional; and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu-
tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 
service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 
such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub-
section (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) 
any 
Executive 
order, 
Presidential 
memorandum, or other action by the President; 
and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other di-
rective. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con-
duct a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified
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in subsection (a) during the 5-year period beginning on 
January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide 
data and data collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 
receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 
health services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not 
continue receiving, mental health care who commit 
suicide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described 
in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 232. Effective during the period beginning on 
October 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2024, none 
of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or ex-
pended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis-
tration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement 
on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for 
Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as
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issued by the Veterans Health Administration National 
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 233. Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section (and conforming the table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 1720K. Infertility counseling and treatment; reim-
bursement of adoption expenses 
‘‘(a) INFERTILITY COUNSELING AND TREATMENT.— 
(1) Pursuant to regulations the Secretary shall prescribe 
to carry out this subsection, the Secretary may provide 
infertility counseling and treatment, using assisted repro-
ductive technology, including in vitro fertilization, intra-
uterine insemination, and other advanced reproductive 
technologies, to the following: 
‘‘(A) A veteran— 
‘‘(i) who is enrolled in the system of an-
nual patient enrollment established and oper-
ated under section 1705 of this title; and 
‘‘(ii) who, in the judgment of a health care 
professional of the Department— 
‘‘(I) has a service-connected disability 
or condition causing or aggravating infer-
tility; or
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‘‘(II) is infertile as a result of having 
received medically necessary treatment 
pursuant to this chapter. 
‘‘(B) The spouse of a veteran described in sub-
paragraph (A), or the partner of a veteran described 
in subparagraph (A) whom the veteran designates 
for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary may contract with a provider 
of in vitro fertilization services to obtain donor gametes 
or embryos from third-party donors. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may only obtain third-party do-
nation of gametes or embryos through a contract. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary may not provide assisted repro-
ductive technology services or medical services to third- 
party donors. 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary may contract with a facility 
to furnish the cryopreservation, storage, and transpor-
tation of gametes and embryos. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may not impose any limitation 
on the period in which an embryo or gamete is 
cryopreserved and stored pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(4) The legal status, custody, future use, donation, 
disposition, or destruction, of gametes or embryos relating 
to infertility or treatment furnished under this subsection
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shall be determined in accordance with the law of the 
State in which the gametes or embryos are located. 
‘‘(5)(A) In prescribing regulations to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that any in vitro 
fertilization (including with respect to the number of re-
trieval attempts and completed embryo transfer cycles) 
will be— 
‘‘(i) determined using the best medical evidence 
available; and 
‘‘(ii) provided in accordance with applicable 
standards of care. 
‘‘(B) In furnishing in vitro fertilization to a covered 
individual pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary is re-
sponsible only for payment of the costs of the in vitro fer-
tilization services. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary may not furnish an in vitro fer-
tilization cycle to a covered individual under this sub-
section unless the Secretary receives consent for such cycle 
from each of the following: 
‘‘(i) The covered individual. 
‘‘(ii) If the covered individual is a spouse or 
partner of a veteran as described in subparagraph 
(1)(B), the veteran. 
‘‘(iii) If applicable, the third-party donor. 
‘‘(6) In this subsection:
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‘‘(A) The term ‘covered individual’ means a vet-
eran, spouse, or partner who receives infertility 
counseling and treatment under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘gamete’ means a mature sperm 
or an oocyte or egg germ cell, as applicable. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘infertility’ means the inability 
to procreate without the use of infertility treatment. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘in vitro fertilization’ means the 
procedure in which an oocyte is removed from a ma-
ture ovarian follicle and fertilized by a sperm cell 
outside the human body and, at the appropriate 
time, transferred into the uterus. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘third-party donor’ means an in-
dividual who consents to donate the gametes or em-
bryo of the individual for use in treatment furnished 
pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(b) ADOPTION REIMBURSEMENT.—(1) Pursuant to 
regulations the Secretary shall prescribe to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary may reimburse an eligible vet-
eran for qualifying adoption expenses incurred by the vet-
eran in the adoption of a child. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an eligible vet-
eran is a veteran who meets the following criteria:
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‘‘(A) The veteran is enrolled in the system of 
annual patient enrollment established and operated 
under section 1705 of this title. 
‘‘(B) The veteran, in the judgment of the health 
care professional of the Department— 
‘‘(i) has a service-connected disability or 
condition causing or aggravating infertility; or 
‘‘(ii) is infertile as a result of having re-
ceived medically necessary treatment pursuant 
to this chapter. 
‘‘(3) An adoption for which expenses may be reim-
bursed under this subsection includes an adoption by a 
single person, an infant adoption, an intercountry adop-
tion, or an adoption of a child with special needs (as de-
fined in section 473(c) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 673(c))). 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may reimburse an eligible veteran 
for qualifying adoption expenses under this subsection 
only after the adoption is final. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not reimburse an eligible vet-
eran for qualifying adoption expenses under this sub-
section for any expense paid to or for the veteran under 
any other adoption benefits program administered by the 
Federal Government or under any such program adminis-
tered by a State or local government.
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‘‘(6)(A)(i) The Secretary may not reimburse an eligi-
ble veteran, or two eligible veterans who are partners, for 
qualifying adoption expenses under this subsection for 
more than one adoption. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary may not reimburse more than one 
eligible veteran for the qualifying adoption expenses under 
this subsection for the adoption of the same child. 
‘‘(B) In prescribing regulations to carry out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall establish minimum and max-
imum amounts for the reimbursement of qualifying adop-
tion expenses. 
‘‘(7) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding section 101 of this title, 
the term ‘child’ means an individual who is under 
the age of eighteen years. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘qualified adoption agency’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) a State or local government agency 
that has responsibility under State or local law 
for child placement through adoption; 
‘‘(ii) a nonprofit, voluntary adoption agen-
cy that is authorized by State or local law to 
place children for adoption; 
‘‘(iii) any other source authorized by a 
State to provide adoption placement if the
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adoption is supervised by a court under State 
or local law; or 
‘‘(iv) a foreign government or an agency 
authorized by a foreign government to place 
children for adoption, in any case in which— 
‘‘(I) the adopted child is entitled to 
automatic citizenship under section 320 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1431); or 
‘‘(II) a certificate of citizenship has 
been issued for such child under section 
322 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1433). 
‘‘(C) The term ‘qualifying adoption expenses’ 
means reasonable and necessary expenses that are 
directly related to the legal adoption of a child, but 
only if such adoption is arranged by a qualified 
adoption agency. Such term does not include any ex-
pense incurred— 
‘‘(i) by an adopting parent for travel; or 
‘‘(ii) in connection with an adoption ar-
ranged in violation of Federal, State, or local 
law. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘reasonable and necessary ex-
penses’ includes—
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‘‘(i) public and private agency fees, includ-
ing adoption fees charged by an agency in a 
foreign country; 
‘‘(ii) placement fees, including fees charged 
adoptive parents for counseling; 
‘‘(iii) legal fees (including court costs) or 
notary expenses; and 
‘‘(iv) medical expenses, including hospital 
expenses of the biological mother of the child to 
be adopted and of a newborn infant to be 
adopted.’’. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 
that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor-
tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 235. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 
not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 
Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Ad-
ministration, or National Cemetery Administration to con-
tractor performance by a business concern that is at least
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51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 
in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 
or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec-
tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 
SEC. 236. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis-
continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
individuals in all information systems of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under 
laws administered by the Secretary, not later than 
March 23, 2023. 
(2) For all individuals not described in para-
graph (1), not later than March 23, 2026. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a So-
cial Security account number to identify an individual in 
an information system of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs if and only if the use of such number is required 
to obtain information the Secretary requires from an in-
formation system that is not under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary. 
(c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall super-
sede section 238 of division F of Public Law 116–94.
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SEC. 237. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024 
for ‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of division A of Public 
Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to trans-
fer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Com-
pensation Fund to any other account within the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 239. Of the funds provided to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and fiscal 
year 2024 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in 
each year to carry out and expand the child care program 
authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, not-
withstanding subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this title may be used by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement re-
lated to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual 
that would restrict in any way the individual from speak-
ing to members of Congress or their staff on any topic 
not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law 
or required by Executive order to be kept secret in the
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interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign af-
fairs. 
SEC. 241. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024, 
section 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall 
apply. 
SEC. 242. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deny 
an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to 
the department or agency over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the ac-
cess of the Inspector General to such records, documents, 
or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 
provision of law that expressly refers to such Inspector 
General and expressly limits the right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, 
documents, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure 
by any department or agency covered by this section to 
comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 243. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 
times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to the Veterans Health 
Administration may be used in fiscal year 2023 to convert 
any program which received specific purpose funds in fis-
cal year 2022 to a general purpose funded program unless 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits written notifica-
tion of any such proposal to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com-
mittees. 
SEC. 245. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, 
transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment 
on, dogs or cats as part of the conduct of any study includ-
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ing an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined 
by the Pain and Distress Categories of the Department 
of Agriculture (or such successor categories developed pur-
suant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2143)). 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to training pro-
grams or studies of service dogs described in section 1714 
of title 38, United States Code, or section 17.148 of title 
38, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 246. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ ac-
count in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2023 and 
2024 may be used for expenses that would otherwise be 
payable from the Veterans Choice Fund established by 
section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Account-
ability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 247. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 
through 2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain 
in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 248. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, in this 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
868 
tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts, $911,119,000 shall be made available for gender- 
specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for 
women veterans. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 249. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Recur-
ring Expenses Transformational Fund’’ established in sec-
tion 243 of division J of Public Law 114–113, 
$48,132,853 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 250. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the status of 
the ‘‘Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund’’, estab-
lished to execute section 8002 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Provided, That, 
at a minimum, the report shall include an update on obli-
gations by program, project or activity and a plan for ex-
pending the remaining funds: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit notification of 
any plans to reallocate funds from the current apportion-
ment categories of ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support
869 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Medical Commu-
nity Care’’, or ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’, includ-
ing the amount and purpose of each reallocation to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a re-
sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 251. By no later than September 30, 2023, the 
Secretary shall commence construction of the Community- 
Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield, California in ac-
cordance with Lease No. 36C10F20L0008. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 
the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun-
tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 
and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 
one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such