Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Bill: 118-hr-9747
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2024-09-23
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Abortion

Access Board

Accounting and auditing

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Administrative remedies

Adoption and foster care

Advanced technology and technological innovations

Advisory bodies

Aging

Agricultural conservation and pollution

Agricultural education

Agricultural equipment and machinery

Agricultural insurance

Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Agricultural research

Agricultural trade

Air quality

Alabama

Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Alliances

Alternative and renewable resources

American Battle Monuments Commission

American Samoa

Animal and plant health

Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Appalachian Regional Commission

Appropriations

Aquatic ecology

Arizona

Arkansas

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Arms control and nonproliferation

Army Corps of Engineers

Asia

Assault and harassment offenses

Athletes

Atmospheric science and weather

Aviation and airports

Birds

Budget process

Building construction

Business investment and capital

Buy American requirements

California

Canada

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Cell biology and embryology

Cemeteries and funerals

Census and government statistics

Child health

Child safety and welfare

China

Civil actions and liability

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Coast guard

Collective security

Colorado

Commission of Fine Arts

Commission on Civil Rights

Commodities markets

Commodity Credit Corporation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Community life and organization

Competition and antitrust

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Conflicts and wars

Connecticut

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Crime prevention

Crime victims

Crimes against children

Crimes against women

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Cuba

Currency

Customs enforcement

Dams and canals

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Defense spending

Delta Regional Authority

Denali Commission

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice

Department of Labor

Department of State

Department of Transportation

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of the Interior

Department of the Treasury

Detention of persons

Digestive and metabolic diseases

Disability and paralysis

Disability assistance

Disaster relief and insurance

District of Columbia

Domestic violence and child abuse

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Economic development

Education of the disadvantaged

Education programs funding

Educational technology and distance education

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Electric power generation and transmission

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency communications systems

Emergency planning and evacuation

Employee benefits and pensions

Employment and training programs

Endangered and threatened species

Energy efficiency and conservation

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental health

Environmental regulatory procedures

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Europe

Evidence and witnesses

Executive Office of the President

Executive agency funding and structure

Family planning and birth control

Family relationships

Family services

Farm Credit Administration

Farmland

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal appellate courts

Federal officials

Federal-Indian relations

Firearms and explosives

Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Fishes

Floods and storm protection

Florida

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food assistance and relief

Food industry and services

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Foreign aid and international relief

Forests, forestry, trees

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

General Services Administration

Genetics

Geography and mapping

Georgia

Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government studies and investigations

Government trust funds

Great Lakes

Guam

HIV/AIDS

Hate crimes

Hawaii

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Hereditary and development disorders

Higher education

Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Home and outpatient care

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Hong Kong

Hospital care

Housing and community development funding

Housing discrimination

Housing finance and home ownership

Housing for the elderly and disabled

Housing industry and standards

Housing supply and affordability

Human rights

Human trafficking

Humanities programs funding

Idaho

Illinois

Immigration status and procedures

Immunology and vaccination

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Indian social and development programs

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Infrastructure development

Insects

Intellectual property

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Interagency Council on Homelessness

Intergovernmental relations

International exchange and broadcasting

International monetary system and foreign exchange

International organizations and cooperation

Internet, web applications, social media

Iran

Judges

Juvenile crime and gang violence

Kansas

Kentucky

Lakes and rivers

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Landlord and tenant

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Lawyers and legal services

Lease and rental services

Legal Services Corporation

Legal fees and court costs

Libraries and archives

Licensing and registrations

Livestock

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Louisiana

Low- and moderate-income housing

Maine

Mammals

Manufacturing

Marine Mammal Commission

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Marine pollution
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-26
text: Became Public Law No: 118-83.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies, provides additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, and extends various expiring programs and authorities.</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 20, 2024, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2025 begins on October 1, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the bill provides additional funding for the Secret Service to carry out protective operations, including for the 2024 presidential campaign and National Special Security Events.&nbsp;</p><p>In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs and authorities, including</p><ul><li>several public health programs,</li><li>various programs and authorities related to veterans,</li><li>the National Flood Insurance Program,</li><li>the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,</li><li>the Food for Peace program,</li><li>the authorities of the&nbsp;U.S. Parole Commission,</li><li>the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity Protection System,</li><li>authorities for DHS and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat from an unmanned aircraft system,&nbsp;</li><li>several Department of Agriculture programs and authorities,</li><li>the Department of Defense's authority to use funds for certain military construction projects, and</li><li>authorities for sanctions related to human rights abuses in Hong Kong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>

action_date: 2024-09-25
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies, provides additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, and extends various expiring programs and authorities.</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 20, 2024, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2025 begins on October 1, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the bill provides additional funding for the Secret Service to carry out protective operations, including for the 2024 presidential campaign and National Special Security Events.&nbsp;</p><p>In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs and authorities, including</p><ul><li>several public health programs,</li><li>various programs and authorities related to veterans,</li><li>the National Flood Insurance Program,</li><li>the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,</li><li>the Food for Peace program,</li><li>the authorities of the&nbsp;U.S. Parole Commission,</li><li>the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity Protection System,</li><li>authorities for DHS and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat from an unmanned aircraft system,&nbsp;</li><li>several Department of Agriculture programs and authorities,</li><li>the Department of Defense's authority to use funds for certain military construction projects, and</li><li>authorities for sanctions related to human rights abuses in Hong Kong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>

action_date: 2024-09-25
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies, provides additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, and extends various expiring programs and authorities.</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 20, 2024, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2025 begins on October 1, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the bill provides additional funding for the Secret Service to carry out protective operations, including for the 2024 presidential campaign and National Special Security Events.&nbsp;</p><p>In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs and authorities, including</p><ul><li>several public health programs,</li><li>various programs and authorities related to veterans,</li><li>the National Flood Insurance Program,</li><li>the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,</li><li>the Food for Peace program,</li><li>the authorities of the&nbsp;U.S. Parole Commission,</li><li>the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity Protection System,</li><li>authorities for DHS and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat from an unmanned aircraft system,&nbsp;</li><li>several Department of Agriculture programs and authorities,</li><li>the Department of Defense's authority to use funds for certain military construction projects, and</li><li>authorities for sanctions related to human rights abuses in Hong Kong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>

action_date: 2024-09-26
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025</strong></p><p>This act provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies, provides additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, and extends various expiring programs and authorities.</p><p>DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025</p><p><em>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025</em></p><p>This division provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 20, 2024, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2025 begins on October 1, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section provides FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2024 appropriations acts. The section also extends several immigration-related programs and specifies several exceptions.</p><p>(Sec. 102) This section prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from funding new or accelerated production of certain projects and other activities and certain multiyear procurements prior to the enactment of the regular annual appropriations act.</p><p>(Sec. 103) This section specifies that funds provided by Section 101 of this division shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided in the pertinent appropriations act.</p><p>(Sec. 104) This section generally prohibits appropriations provided by Section 101 of this division from being used to initiate or resume any project or activity that was not funded during FY2024.</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2025 activities and programs during the period of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 106) This section continues the appropriations provided by this division through the earlier of December 20, 2024, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act.</p><p>(Sec. 107) This section requires expenditures for activities funded in this division to be charged to the full-year appropriations bill and relevant account when the applicable appropriations bill becomes law.</p><p>(Sec. 108) This section waives the normal time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments of accounts funded in annual appropriations acts.</p><p>(Sec. 109) This section limits disbursements for programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or would complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the fiscal year if those actions would impinge on final congressional funding prerogatives.</p><p>(Sec. 110) This section requires this division to be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted by this division is taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.</p><p>(Sec. 111) This section continues funding for certain appropriated entitlements and other mandatory payments with budget authority provided in an FY2024 appropriations act at the rate necessary to maintain program levels under current law. It also provides authority to obligate funds for mandatory payments that are due up to 30 days following the expiration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 112) This section permits funding made available by this division for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned at the rate necessary to avoid furloughs. It also requires all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses to be taken prior to using this authority.</p><p>(Sec. 113) This section permits funds appropriated by this division to be obligated and expended notwithstanding specified statutory provisions restricting appropriations for foreign assistance, the Department of State, international broadcasting, and intelligence activities in the absence of prior authorizations.</p><p>(Sec. 114) This section extends designations of emergency spending and disaster relief funds to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 115) This section sets forth requirements for the treatment of rescissions when federal agencies implement the funding levels provided by the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 116) This section allows the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm Service Agency to apportion funding for the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program account at the rate necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans and direct farm operating loans.</p><p>(Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain authorized activities of&nbsp;the Rural Housing Service's Rural Community Facilities Program.</p><p>(Sec. 118) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).</p><p>(Sec. 119) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain the current program caseload for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.</p><p>(Sec. 120) This section extends various authorities under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 through the duration of the CR. The act requires buyers of live cattle, swine, and lamb and sellers of wholesale beef, pork, and lamb to report prices, volumes, and other marketing characteristics to USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.</p><p>(Sec. 121) This section extends the authorization for the U.S. Parole Commission.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 122) This section permits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to use specified funds to provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam in Canada to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United States.</p><p>(Sec. 123) This section extends the authorizations for Bureau of Reclamation activities related to fish recovery programs in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin. The programs were developed to protect and restore listed fish species on the Colorado River and its tributaries, in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. The extensions apply through the duration of the CR.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 124) This section makes specified funds available to the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General to continue oversight activities related to the Coronavirus Relief Fund and the Emergency Rental Assistance program.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 125) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Administration within the Executive Office of the President for activities related to the presidential transition.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the District of Columbia for costs associated with emergency planning and security activities related to the January 2025 Presidential Inauguration.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 127) This section removes the requirement for a specified portion of the FY2024 funds provided for the Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to be used for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities.</p><p>(Sec. 128) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2024.</p><p>(Sec. 129) This section provides additional funding to the General Services Administration for expenses related to the presidential transition.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 130) This section provides additional funding to the National Archives and Records Administration to carry out presidential transition activities under the Presidential Records Act of 1978.</p><p>(Sec. 131) This section provides a higher rate of operations to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for transfers from certain trust funds for the administrative expenses of federal retirement and insurance programs (e.g., the Postal Service Health Benefits Program). It also decreases the rate of operations under the CR for certain other OPM functions, including employment of experts and consultants, certain veterans' medical examinations, rental of conference rooms and passenger motor vehicles, authorized reception and representation expenses, and certain federal employee travel and subsistence expenses authorized under the Voting Rights Act.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 132) This section permits the Coast Guard to use funds provided by the CR for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization program.</p><p>(Sec. 133) This section makes a technical correction to a provision in the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 that authorized the Coast Guard to acquire a commercially available polar icebreaker.</p><p>(Sec. 134) This section allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to apportion funding for the Disaster Relief Fund at the rate necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.</p><p>(Sec. 135) This section allows the Secret Service to apportion funding at the rate necessary to carry out protective operations, including activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 presidential campaign.</p><p>(Sec. 136) This section provides additional appropriations for the Secret Service to carry out protective operations, including for the 2024 presidential campaign and National Special Security Events. It also establishes various reporting requirements.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 137) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through the duration of the CR.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 138) This section extends deadlines related to claims under the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act. (The act compensates persons injured when prescribed fires in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico became a wildfire.)&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 139) This section provides additional funding to the National Park Service for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies.</p><p>(Sec. 140) This section extends the availability of certain funds that were provided to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund account by the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 for expenses related to hurricanes. Specifically, the section makes the funds available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in FY2018 and FY2019.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 141) This section permits the Forest Service to apportion Wildland Fire Management Funds at the rate necessary for wildfire suppression activities.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 142) This section provides additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in FY2024 and FY2025.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 143) This section extends the authority for the Department of the Interior to accept public and private contributions of money and services for use by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management or the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in conducting work in support of the exploration and development of Outer Continental Shelf energy resources, including the preparation of environmental documents.</p><p>(Sec. 144) This section provides additional funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Current Population Survey.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 145) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and related programs for the duration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 146) This section provides death gratuity payments to the heirs of the late Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee, William Pascrell Jr., and Donald M. Payne Jr.</p><p>(Sec. 147) This section permits the Navy to use funds provided by the CR to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia.</p><p>(Sec. 148) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects.</p><p>(Sec. 149) This section extends the availability of certain funds that were provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for major construction projects.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 150) This section permits the Department of Transportation to apportion funds at the rate necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 151) This section permits the Department of Housing and Urban Development to use certain unobligated funds that were provided in prior years for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance to support additional allocations to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle</p><p>(Sec. 152) This section waives a cap on the relative number of Senior Chief Petty Officers and Master Chief Petty Officers (E-8s and E-9s) in the Coast Guard for the duration of the CR.</p><p>DIVISION B--EXTENSIONS</p><p>This division extends various expiring programs and authorities, including several public&nbsp;health and veterans programs.&nbsp;</p><p>TITLE I--MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section extends the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat to certain facilities or assets from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). These include certain facilities that are located in the United States and identified as high-risk and a potential target for unlawful UAS activity.</p><p>(Sec. 102) This section extends the authority for DHS's Joint Task Forces through December 20, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 103) This section extends the authority for DHS’s National Cybersecurity Protection System through December 20, 2024.</p><p>(Sec. 104) This section extends the authority for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission through December 20, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section extends the authority of the Department of Agriculture to replace certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that were stolen through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card skimming, card cloning, or similar fraudulent methods. It also modifies an existing reporting requirement and requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report that examines risks related to SNAP EBT payment system security.</p><p>(Sec. 106) This section extends the authority for the Forest Service to use the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) program through December 20, 2024. The program allows the Forest Service to acquire skilled personnel (age 55 and older) from nonprofit partners to provide temporary technical and administrative services for conservation-related programs that are executed on or directly impacting National Forest System land.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 107) This section extends the authority for states to use timber sale revenues received under Good Neighbor Agreements.</p><p>(Sec. 108) This section extends the authority for the Food for Peace program through December 20, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 109) This section extends the authority of federal agencies to provide a locality-based comparability payment to certain federal employees who are serving overseas.</p><p>(Sec. 110) This section extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in Palau under the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau until a new federal programs and services agreement takes effect. It also modifies the process that is required for approval of a new agreement.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 111) This section extends the authority of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to rehire certain retirees without decreasing their annuity payments. The authority applies if there is (1) exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining a qualified employee, or (2) a temporary emergency hiring need.</p><p>(Sec. 112) This section extends the authority for the USAID Office of Inspector General to rehire certain retirees without decreasing their annuity payments. The authority applies if there is (1) difficulty in recruiting or retaining a qualified employee, or (2) a temporary emergency hiring need. The section also specifies that the authority may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency declaration.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 113) This section extends authorities for sanctions related to human rights abuses in Hong Kong. &nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 114) This section changes the effective date of a provision of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 related to the transfer of certain air traffic system or equipment purchased with Airport Improvement Program funds to the Federal Aviation Administration. The section changes the existing October 1, 2024, effective date to December 20, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>TITLE II--HEALTH EXTENDERS</p><p>Subtitle A--Public Health</p><p>(Sec. 201) This section extends through December 20, 2024, (1) the Developmental Disabilities Surveillance and Research Program that is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) activities administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support autism education, early detection, and intervention; and (3) the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee in HHS.</p><p>(Sec. 202) This section extends through December 20, 2024, a Food and Drug Administration program that awards priority review vouchers to manufacturers of drugs that treat rare pediatric diseases.</p><p>(Sec. 203) This section extends through FY2025 the availability of&nbsp;funding that was provided for HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to implement provisions of the No Surprises Act, which generally established federal protections from surprise medical bills and otherwise modified reporting and disclosure requirements related to health insurance.</p><p>Subtitle B--Medicaid</p><p>(Sec. 211) This section increases Medicaid funding for FY2023-FY2024 for the Northern Mariana Islands.&nbsp;</p><p>Subtitle C--Medicare</p><p>(Sec. 221) This section delays until 2026 certain laboratory reporting requirements that are used to determine payment rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under Medicare, as well as related payment reductions.</p><p>(Sec. 222) This section increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund beginning in FY2026.</p><p>TITLE III--VETERANS EXTENDERS</p><p>Subtitle A--Health Care</p><p>(Sec. 301) This section extends through FY2025 the authority for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to collect copayments from certain veterans for hospital care or nursing home care.</p><p>(Sec. 302) This section extends through FY2025 the requirement that the VA provide nursing home care to certain veterans with a service-connected disability.</p><p>(Sec. 303) This section extends through FY2025 the authorization for the expansion of the VA’s Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement (RANGE) &nbsp;program, which serves veterans in rural areas who are experiencing mental illness.</p><p>(Sec. 304) This section extends through FY2025 the VA pilot program that provides complementary and integrative health programs (e.g., animal therapy) to certain veterans for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, or other conditions as determined by the VA.</p><p>(Sec. 305) This section extends through FY2025 the authority for the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund (which funds the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center).</p><p>Subtitle B--Memorial Affairs</p><p>(Sec. 311) This section extends through FY2025 the entitlement to memorial headstones and markers provided by the VA for certain eligible individuals whose remains are unavailable.</p><p>(Sec. 312) This section extends through FY2025 the VA’s authority to bury the remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries.</p><p>(Sec. 313) This section authorizes the use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico in any section of the cemetery in which flat markers were in use on December 22, 2023.</p><p>Subtitle C--Homelessness</p><p>(Sec. 321) This section extends through FY2025 the VA’s authority to provide assistance for housing adaptations for disabled veterans who are residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.</p><p>(Sec. 322) This section extends through FY2025 the specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program, through which the VA provides grants to persons or entities to develop assistive technologies for use in specially adapted housing.</p><p>(Sec. 323) This section reauthorizes through FY2025 a Department of Labor grant program for programs and facilities&nbsp;that provide dedicated services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children.</p><p>(Sec. 324) This section extends through FY2025 the VA's Health Care for Homeless Veterans program, which  provides outreach, treatment, rehabilitation, and therapeutic&nbsp;transitional housing assistance&nbsp;for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans. Additionally, the section extends the authority of the VA to operate a program to establish centers for the provision of comprehensive services to homeless veterans.</p><p>(Sec. 325) This section reauthorizes through FY2025 the Supportive Services for Veterans Families program, which provides financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing or transitioning from homelessness.</p><p>(Sec. 326) This section reauthorizes through FY2025 the VA program to provide grants to entities to encourage the development of programs for homeless veterans with special needs.</p><p>Subtitle D--Other Authorities</p><p>(Sec. 331) This section extends through FY2025 the authority to transport individuals to and from VA facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.</p><p>(Sec. 332) This section extends through FY2025 the authority of the VA Office of Inspector General to subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses as necessary to carry out the duties of the office.&nbsp;</p><p>(Sec. 333) This section extends through FY2025 the authority of the VA to maintain a regional office in the Philippines.</p><p>(Sec. 334) This section reauthorizes through FY2027 the monthly assistance allowances that are provided to certain disabled veterans by the Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. Additionally, the section transfers the administration of the Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events from the Veterans Benefits Administration to the Veterans Health Administration.</p><p>(Sec. 335) This section extends through December 31, 2025, the requirement for the VA to submit a report containing a statement regarding the disposition of each case recommended to the VA for equitable relief due to administrative error.</p><p>(Sec. 336) This section extends certain loan fee rates through November 29, 2031, under the VA's home loan program.</p><p>(Sec. 337) This section extends through FY2025 the authority of the VA to transfer real property to other agencies, states, or public or private entities.</p><p>(Sec. 338) This section extends through FY2029 the requirement that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the VA submit with the annual budget request (1) a certification of the responsibility of the CFO for internal financial controls of the VA, and (2) an attestation that the CFO has collaborated sufficiently with subordinate officers to be confident in the financial projections included in the budget request and supporting materials.</p><p>TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p><p>(Sec. 401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping 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tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9747 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Received AN ACT Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 . 2. Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 Division B—Extensions Title I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS Title II—HEALTH EXTENDERS Title III—VETERANS EXTENDERS Title IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 3. References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. A Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–42 ). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–42 ). (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–47 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–42 ). (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47 ), except sections 637 and 638. (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 546(e), and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of division G of Public Law 118–47 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 447. (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–47 ). (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–47 ), except the matter under the heading Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2025 , and including section 7 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 118–47 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 259. (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 7075(a). (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–42 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2024 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2024 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) December 20, 2024. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2024 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 ( 22 U.S.C. 2412 ), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2680 ), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 ( 22 U.S.C. 6212 ), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. (b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 shall apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 138, 140, and 151 of this Act as an emergency requirement. (c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159 , division J of Public Law 117–58 , or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5 . (d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date in section 106(3). 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— (1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— (1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or (2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act. (c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided , That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. , and direct farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current program caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1636i ) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 ( 7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2024 . 121. During the period covered by this Act, section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473 ; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall be applied by substituting 37 for 36 each place it appears. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Corps of Engineers—Civil—Operation and Maintenance may be used up to an amount not to exceed $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning August 1, 2024, to provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United States. 123. During the period covered by this Act, section 3 of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 each place it appears. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the duration of fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under section 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3) ) shall be available for any necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with respect to section 601 of such Act, subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support , there is appropriated $25,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided , That such funds may be transferred to other accounts (including other agencies) that provide support to offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, to carry out such purposes, including to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the enactment of this Act for such purposes. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia at a rate for operations of $47,000,000, for an additional amount for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in January 2025: Provided , That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain emergency planning and security activities relating to such Presidential Inauguration. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 is amended by striking , for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, subsection (a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 , as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied as if , of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026 were struck. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds for such programs and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 118–47 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition , there is appropriated $19,424,177, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by section 5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided , That if there are two or more possible apparent successful candidates, each such candidate, with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to a proportional share of the appropriations made available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That no apparent successful candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That such amounts may be transferred and credited to the Acquisition Services Fund or the Federal Buildings Fund to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2024: Provided further , That in the case of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further , That amounts available under this section shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes. (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by this Act for General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presidential Transition . 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for National Archives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses , there is appropriated $23,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Presidential Records Act of 1978 ), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting $190,784,000 for $219,076,000 and the second proviso under such heading in such division of such Act shall be applied by substituting $245,267,000 for $192,975,000 . 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements may be used for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization program. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section 11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 shall be applied by substituting shall not apply for shall apply . 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ). 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out protective operations, including activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential Campaign. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support , $231,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for operations necessary to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential Campaign and National Special Security Events: Provided , That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan that identifies, by program, project, and activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified in this section with amounts for Operations and Support in this Act and shall provide to the Committees monthly reports on the execution of such expenditure plan: Provided further , That such amounts may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security transmits to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided further , That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump all materials responsive to such Task Force’s letters transmitted on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Provided further , That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including requests for documents, information, and testimony from any Secret Service personnel) on protective operations funded in this Act or in Public Law 118–47 from the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees on Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Accountability, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or any subcommittees thereof: Provided further , That responses shall be considered timely if provided on or before the deadline specified by the requesting committee or subcommittee. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section 104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division G of Public Law 117–180 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for “2 years after the date on which regulations are first promulgated under subsection (f)”, and “May 31, 2024”. (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System at a rate for operations of $5,000,000, for an additional amount for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law 115–123 ) for the National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $24,262,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. 143. During the period covered by this Act, section 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76 , as amended by Public Law 116–6 , shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 . 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses at a rate for operations of $6,000,000, for an additional amount for the Current Population Survey. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2024, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated— (1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila Jackson Lee, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000; (2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of William Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000; and (3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Military Construction, Navy may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 . 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available until September 30, 2024, for Departmental Administration—Construction, Major Projects in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ) are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2029, and shall be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities provided under such heading in Public Law 116–94 , in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use the unobligated balances of amounts made available in prior fiscal years in the second paragraph under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance to support additional allocations under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 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 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 152. During the period covered by this Act, section 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the Coast Guard. This division may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 . B Extensions I MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS 101. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 102. Joint Task Forces Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 348(b)(13) ) shall be applied by substituting December 20, 2024 for September 30, 2024 . 103. National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 104. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act ( 16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g) ) is amended by striking 40 and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting on December 20, 2024. . 105. EBT benefit fraud prevention Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016a ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking October and inserting December ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); (v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) a comparison of State plans related to reimbursement, prevention, and other relevant procedures approved in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and ; and (vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting and proactively after consistently ; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) Comptroller general (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that examines risks related to supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit transfer payment system security, including the risk of stolen benefits through card skimming, card cloning, and other similar methods. (2) Contents The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the extent to which the Department of Agriculture manages payment system security, including risks related to stolen benefits, compared to leading industry practices; (B) the manner in which States, retailers, and other relevant entities manage risks related to stolen benefits; (C) the oversight of and guidance provided by the Secretary to States regarding stolen benefits; and (D) recommendations and policy options for— (i) improving how the Department of Agriculture and other relevant entities manage payment system security risks, including those related to stolen benefits; and (ii) how the Department of Agriculture may best share those improvements with States, retailers, and other relevant entities. . 106. Extension of Forest Service Participation in ACES Program Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 3851a(b) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2023 . 107. Extension of Good Neighbor Authority Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2024 . 108. Temporary extension of Food for Peace Act The authorities provided by each provision of the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ), as in effect on September 30, 2024, shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. 109. Overseas pay comparability and limitation (a) In general The authority provided under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. (b) Limitation The authority described in subsection (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 110. Provisions related to the compact of free association with the Republic of Palau (a) Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau During the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities described in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931 note) shall, with the mutual consent of the Government of the Republic of Palau, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2024 under the amended agreements described in subsections (b) and (f) of section 462 of that Compact. (b) Amendments related to the 2024 Federal programs and services agreement with the Republic of Palau (1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1983(e) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking An agreement and inserting the following: (1) In general An agreement ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) Federal Programs and Services Agreement with the Republic of Palau Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 101(c)(2) of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2) ) and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact. . (2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1989(a)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any applicable Federal programs and services agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau; and . 111. United States Agency for International Development Civil Service annuitant waiver Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B) ) shall be applied by striking October 1, 2010 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 112. United States Agency for International Development Inspector General annuitant waiver The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–212 ; 124 Stat. 2332)— (1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024; and (2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency declaration. 113. Extension of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended by striking the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 20, 2024 . 114. Extension of transfers of air traffic systems acquired with AIP funding Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 ( Public Law 118–63 ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . II HEALTH EXTENDERS A Public Health 201. Extension of programs relating to autism (a) Developmental disabilities surveillance and research program Section 399AA(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i(e) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (b) Autism education, early detection, and intervention Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–1(g) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (c) Interagency autism coordinating committee Section 399CC(f) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 202. Extension of authority to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 each place it appears and inserting December 20, 2024 . 203. No Surprises Act implementation funding Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended by striking through 2024 and inserting through September 30, 2025 . B Medicaid 211. Medicaid funding for the Northern Mariana Islands Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and (5) and inserting , (5), and (14) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) Additional increase for the Northern Mariana Islands (A) In general The Secretary shall increase the total amount otherwise determined under this subsection for the Northern Mariana Islands for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2024, by $27,100,000. (B) Special rules The increase described in subparagraph (A)— (i) shall apply to the total amount certified by the Secretary under title XIX for payment to the Northern Mariana Islands for services attributable to fiscal year 2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that payments for any such services are made by the Northern Mariana Islands in fiscal year 2025; and (ii) shall be in addition to the amount calculated under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be taken into account in calculating an amount under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 2025 or a subsequent fiscal year. . C Medicare 221. Revising phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment changes (a) Revised phase-in of reductions from private payor rate implementation Section 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2027 and inserting 2028 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking 2025 through 2027 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (b) Revised reporting period for reporting of private sector payment rates for establishment of Medicare payment rates Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking 2025 each place it appears and inserting 2026 . 222. Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking 2022, $0 and inserting 2026, $3,197,000,000 . III VETERANS EXTENDERS A Health Care 301. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care and nursing home care Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 302. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 303. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhancement program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–21 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 304. Extension of pilot program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and posttraumatic growth programs Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–171 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking for a three-year period beginning on the commencement of the pilot program and inserting until September 30, 2025 . 305. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–180 ; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . B Memorial affairs 311. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 both places it appears and inserting September 30, 2025 . 312. Extension of authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 313. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a period at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) in the case of Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers in any section of such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on December 22, 2023. . C Homelessness 321. Extension of authority to provide assistance for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 322. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 323. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 324. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans (a) General treatment Section 2031(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . (b) Additional services at certain locations Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 325. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (a) In general Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . (b) Technical amendment Section 2044(e) of such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 326. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with special needs Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . D Other Authorities 331. Extension of authority to transport individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 332. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking May 31, 2025 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 333. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of the Philippines Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 334. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allowance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic sports program Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the United States Olympic Committee each place it appears and inserting the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking Veterans Benefits Administration and inserting Veterans Health Administration ; and (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection the following: (A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2023, $2,000,000. (B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, $2,500,000. . 335. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to administrative error Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting December 31, 2025 . 336. Modification of certain housing loan fees The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking November 15, 2031 each place it appears and inserting November 29, 2031 . 337. Extension of authority for transfer of real property Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 338. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the Department Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ) is amended by striking for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three subsequent fiscal years and inserting for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 . IV BUDGETARY EFFECTS 401. Budgetary effects (a) Statutory PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four H. R. 9747 AN ACT Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 . 2. Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 Division B—Extensions Title I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS Title II—HEALTH EXTENDERS Title III—VETERANS EXTENDERS Title IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 3. References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. A Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–42 ). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–42 ). (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–47 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–42 ). (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47 ), except sections 637 and 638. (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 546(e), and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of division G of Public Law 118–47 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 447. (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–47 ). (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–47 ), except the matter under the heading Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2025 , and including section 7 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 118–47 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 259. (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 7075(a). (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–42 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2024 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2024 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) December 20, 2024. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2024 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 ( 22 U.S.C. 2412 ), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2680 ), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 ( 22 U.S.C. 6212 ), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. (b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 shall apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 138, 140, and 151 of this Act as an emergency requirement. (c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159 , division J of Public Law 117–58 , or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5 . (d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date in section 106(3). 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— (1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— (1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or (2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act. (c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided , That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. , and direct farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current program caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1636i ) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 ( 7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2024 . 121. During the period covered by this Act, section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473 ; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall be applied by substituting 37 for 36 each place it appears. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Corps of Engineers—Civil—Operation and Maintenance may be used up to an amount not to exceed $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning August 1, 2024, to provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United States. 123. During the period covered by this Act, section 3 of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 each place it appears. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the duration of fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under section 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3) ) shall be available for any necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with respect to section 601 of such Act, subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support , there is appropriated $25,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided , That such funds may be transferred to other accounts (including other agencies) that provide support to offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, to carry out such purposes, including to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the enactment of this Act for such purposes. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia at a rate for operations of $47,000,000, for an additional amount for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in January 2025: Provided , That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain emergency planning and security activities relating to such Presidential Inauguration. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 is amended by striking , for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, subsection (a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 , as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied as if , of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026 were struck. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds for such programs and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 118–47 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition , there is appropriated $19,424,177, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by section 5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided , That if there are two or more possible apparent successful candidates, each such candidate, with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to a proportional share of the appropriations made available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That no apparent successful candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That such amounts may be transferred and credited to the Acquisition Services Fund or the Federal Buildings Fund to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2024: Provided further , That in the case of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further , That amounts available under this section shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes. (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by this Act for General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presidential Transition . 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for National Archives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses , there is appropriated $23,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Presidential Records Act of 1978 ), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting $190,784,000 for $219,076,000 and the second proviso under such heading in such division of such Act shall be applied by substituting $245,267,000 for $192,975,000 . 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements may be used for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization program. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section 11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 shall be applied by substituting shall not apply for shall apply . 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ). 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out protective operations, including activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential Campaign. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support , $231,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for operations necessary to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential Campaign and National Special Security Events: Provided , That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan that identifies, by program, project, and activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified in this section with amounts for Operations and Support in this Act and shall provide to the Committees monthly reports on the execution of such expenditure plan: Provided further , That such amounts may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security transmits to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided further , That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump all materials responsive to such Task Force’s letters transmitted on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Provided further , That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including requests for documents, information, and testimony from any Secret Service personnel) on protective operations funded in this Act or in Public Law 118–47 from the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees on Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Accountability, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or any subcommittees thereof: Provided further , That responses shall be considered timely if provided on or before the deadline specified by the requesting committee or subcommittee. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section 104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division G of Public Law 117–180 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for “2 years after the date on which regulations are first promulgated under subsection (f)”, and “May 31, 2024”. (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System at a rate for operations of $5,000,000, for an additional amount for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law 115–123 ) for the National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $24,262,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. 143. During the period covered by this Act, section 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76 , as amended by Public Law 116–6 , shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 . 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses at a rate for operations of $6,000,000, for an additional amount for the Current Population Survey. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2024, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated— (1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila Jackson Lee, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000; (2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of William Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000; and (3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Military Construction, Navy may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 . 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available until September 30, 2024, for Departmental Administration—Construction, Major Projects in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ) are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2029, and shall be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities provided under such heading in Public Law 116–94 , in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use the unobligated balances of amounts made available in prior fiscal years in the second paragraph under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance to support additional allocations under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 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 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 152. During the period covered by this Act, section 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the Coast Guard. This division may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 . B Extensions I MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS 101. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 102. Joint Task Forces Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 348(b)(13) ) shall be applied by substituting December 20, 2024 for September 30, 2024 . 103. National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 104. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act ( 16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g) ) is amended by striking 40 and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting on December 20, 2024. . 105. EBT benefit fraud prevention Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016a ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking October and inserting December ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); (v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) a comparison of State plans related to reimbursement, prevention, and other relevant procedures approved in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and ; and (vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting and proactively after consistently ; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) Comptroller general (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that examines risks related to supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit transfer payment system security, including the risk of stolen benefits through card skimming, card cloning, and other similar methods. (2) Contents The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the extent to which the Department of Agriculture manages payment system security, including risks related to stolen benefits, compared to leading industry practices; (B) the manner in which States, retailers, and other relevant entities manage risks related to stolen benefits; (C) the oversight of and guidance provided by the Secretary to States regarding stolen benefits; and (D) recommendations and policy options for— (i) improving how the Department of Agriculture and other relevant entities manage payment system security risks, including those related to stolen benefits; and (ii) how the Department of Agriculture may best share those improvements with States, retailers, and other relevant entities. . 106. Extension of Forest Service Participation in ACES Program Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 3851a(b) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2023 . 107. Extension of Good Neighbor Authority Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2024 . 108. Temporary extension of Food for Peace Act The authorities provided by each provision of the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ), as in effect on September 30, 2024, shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. 109. Overseas pay comparability and limitation (a) In general The authority provided under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. (b) Limitation The authority described in subsection (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 110. Provisions related to the compact of free association with the Republic of Palau (a) Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau During the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities described in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931 note) shall, with the mutual consent of the Government of the Republic of Palau, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2024 under the amended agreements described in subsections (b) and (f) of section 462 of that Compact. (b) Amendments related to the 2024 Federal programs and services agreement with the Republic of Palau (1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1983(e) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking An agreement and inserting the following: (1) In general An agreement ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) Federal Programs and Services Agreement with the Republic of Palau Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 101(c)(2) of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2) ) and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact. . (2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1989(a)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any applicable Federal programs and services agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau; and . 111. United States Agency for International Development Civil Service annuitant waiver Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B) ) shall be applied by striking October 1, 2010 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 112. United States Agency for International Development Inspector General annuitant waiver The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–212 ; 124 Stat. 2332)— (1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024; and (2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency declaration. 113. Extension of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended by striking the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 20, 2024 . 114. Extension of transfers of air traffic systems acquired with AIP funding Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 ( Public Law 118–63 ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . II HEALTH EXTENDERS A Public Health 201. Extension of programs relating to autism (a) Developmental disabilities surveillance and research program Section 399AA(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i(e) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (b) Autism education, early detection, and intervention Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–1(g) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (c) Interagency autism coordinating committee Section 399CC(f) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 202. Extension of authority to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 each place it appears and inserting December 20, 2024 . 203. No Surprises Act implementation funding Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended by striking through 2024 and inserting through September 30, 2025 . B Medicaid 211. Medicaid funding for the Northern Mariana Islands Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and (5) and inserting , (5), and (14) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) Additional increase for the Northern Mariana Islands (A) In general The Secretary shall increase the total amount otherwise determined under this subsection for the Northern Mariana Islands for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2024, by $27,100,000. (B) Special rules The increase described in subparagraph (A)— (i) shall apply to the total amount certified by the Secretary under title XIX for payment to the Northern Mariana Islands for services attributable to fiscal year 2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that payments for any such services are made by the Northern Mariana Islands in fiscal year 2025; and (ii) shall be in addition to the amount calculated under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be taken into account in calculating an amount under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 2025 or a subsequent fiscal year. . C Medicare 221. Revising phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment changes (a) Revised phase-in of reductions from private payor rate implementation Section 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2027 and inserting 2028 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking 2025 through 2027 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (b) Revised reporting period for reporting of private sector payment rates for establishment of Medicare payment rates Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking 2025 each place it appears and inserting 2026 . 222. Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking 2022, $0 and inserting 2026, $3,197,000,000 . III VETERANS EXTENDERS A Health Care 301. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care and nursing home care Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 302. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 303. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhancement program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–21 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 304. Extension of pilot program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and posttraumatic growth programs Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–171 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking for a three-year period beginning on the commencement of the pilot program and inserting until September 30, 2025 . 305. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–180 ; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . B Memorial affairs 311. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 both places it appears and inserting September 30, 2025 . 312. Extension of authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 313. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a period at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) in the case of Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers in any section of such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on December 22, 2023. . C Homelessness 321. Extension of authority to provide assistance for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 322. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 323. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 324. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans (a) General treatment Section 2031(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . (b) Additional services at certain locations Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 325. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (a) In general Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . (b) Technical amendment Section 2044(e) of such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 326. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with special needs Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . D Other Authorities 331. Extension of authority to transport individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 332. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking May 31, 2025 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 333. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of the Philippines Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 334. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allowance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic sports program Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the United States Olympic Committee each place it appears and inserting the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking Veterans Benefits Administration and inserting Veterans Health Administration ; and (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection the following: (A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2023, $2,000,000. (B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, $2,500,000. . 335. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to administrative error Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting December 31, 2025 . 336. Modification of certain housing loan fees The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking November 15, 2031 each place it appears and inserting November 29, 2031 . 337. Extension of authority for transfer of real property Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 338. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the Department Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ) is amended by striking for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three subsequent fiscal years and inserting for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 . IV BUDGETARY EFFECTS 401. Budgetary effects (a) Statutory PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9747 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 . 2. Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 Division B—Extensions Title I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS Title II—HEALTH EXTENDERS Title III—VETERANS EXTENDERS Title IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 3. References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. A Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–42 ). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–42 ). (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–47 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–42 ). (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47 ), except sections 637 and 638. (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 546(e), and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of division G of Public Law 118–47 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 447. (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–47 ). (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–47 ), except the matter under the heading Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2025 , and including section 7 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 118–47 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 259. (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 7075(a). (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–42 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2024 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2024 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) December 20, 2024. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2024 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 ( 22 U.S.C. 2412 ), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2680 ), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 ( 22 U.S.C. 6212 ), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. (b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 shall apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 138, 140, and 151 of this Act as an emergency requirement. (c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159 , division J of Public Law 117–58 , or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5 . (d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date in section 106(3). 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— (1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— (1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or (2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act. (c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided , That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. , and direct farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current program caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1636i ) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 ( 7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2024 . 121. During the period covered by this Act, section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473 ; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall be applied by substituting 37 for 36 each place it appears. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Corps of Engineers—Civil—Operation and Maintenance may be used up to an amount not to exceed $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning August 1, 2024, to provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United States. 123. During the period covered by this Act, section 3 of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 each place it appears. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the duration of fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under section 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3) ) shall be available for any necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with respect to section 601 of such Act, subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support , there is appropriated $25,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided , That such funds may be transferred to other accounts (including other agencies) that provide support to offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, to carry out such purposes, including to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the enactment of this Act for such purposes. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia at a rate for operations of $47,000,000, for an additional amount for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in January 2025: Provided , That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain emergency planning and security activities relating to such Presidential Inauguration. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 is amended by striking , for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, subsection (a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 , as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied as if , of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026 were struck. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds for such programs and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 118–47 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition , there is appropriated $19,424,177, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by section 5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided , That if there are two or more possible apparent successful candidates, each such candidate, with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to a proportional share of the appropriations made available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That no apparent successful candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That such amounts may be transferred and credited to the Acquisition Services Fund or the Federal Buildings Fund to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2024: Provided further , That in the case of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further , That amounts available under this section shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes. (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by this Act for General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presidential Transition . 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for National Archives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses , there is appropriated $23,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Presidential Records Act of 1978 ), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting $190,784,000 for $219,076,000 and the second proviso under such heading in such division of such Act shall be applied by substituting $245,267,000 for $192,975,000 . 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements may be used for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization program. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section 11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 shall be applied by substituting shall not apply for shall apply . 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ). 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out protective operations, including activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential Campaign. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support , $231,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for operations necessary to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential Campaign and National Special Security Events: Provided , That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan that identifies, by program, project, and activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified in this section with amounts for Operations and Support in this Act and shall provide to the Committees monthly reports on the execution of such expenditure plan: Provided further , That such amounts may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security transmits to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided further , That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump all materials responsive to such Task Force’s letters transmitted on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Provided further , That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including requests for documents, information, and testimony from any Secret Service personnel) on protective operations funded in this Act or in Public Law 118–47 from the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees on Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Accountability, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or any subcommittees thereof: Provided further , That responses shall be considered timely if provided on or before the deadline specified by the requesting committee or subcommittee. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section 104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division G of Public Law 117–180 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for “2 years after the date on which regulations are first promulgated under subsection (f)”, and “May 31, 2024”. (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System at a rate for operations of $5,000,000, for an additional amount for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law 115–123 ) for the National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $24,262,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. 143. During the period covered by this Act, section 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76 , as amended by Public Law 116–6 , shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 . 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses at a rate for operations of $6,000,000, for an additional amount for the Current Population Survey. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2024, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated— (1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila Jackson Lee, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000; (2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of William Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000; and (3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Military Construction, Navy may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 . 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available until September 30, 2024, for Departmental Administration—Construction, Major Projects in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ) are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2029, and shall be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities provided under such heading in Public Law 116–94 , in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use the unobligated balances of amounts made available in prior fiscal years in the second paragraph under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance to support additional allocations under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 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 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 152. During the period covered by this Act, section 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the Coast Guard. This division may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 . B Extensions I MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS 101. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 102. Joint Task Forces Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 348(b)(13) ) shall be applied by substituting December 20, 2024 for September 30, 2024 . 103. National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 104. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act ( 16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g) ) is amended by striking 40 and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting on December 20, 2024. . 105. EBT benefit fraud prevention Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016a ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking October and inserting December ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); (v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) a comparison of State plans related to reimbursement, prevention, and other relevant procedures approved in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and ; and (vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting and proactively after consistently ; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) Comptroller general (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that examines risks related to supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit transfer payment system security, including the risk of stolen benefits through card skimming, card cloning, and other similar methods. (2) Contents The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the extent to which the Department of Agriculture manages payment system security, including risks related to stolen benefits, compared to leading industry practices; (B) the manner in which States, retailers, and other relevant entities manage risks related to stolen benefits; (C) the oversight of and guidance provided by the Secretary to States regarding stolen benefits; and (D) recommendations and policy options for— (i) improving how the Department of Agriculture and other relevant entities manage payment system security risks, including those related to stolen benefits; and (ii) how the Department of Agriculture may best share those improvements with States, retailers, and other relevant entities. . 106. Extension of Forest Service Participation in ACES Program Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 3851a(b) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2023 . 107. Extension of Good Neighbor Authority Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2024 . 108. Temporary extension of Food for Peace Act The authorities provided by each provision of the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ), as in effect on September 30, 2024, shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. 109. Overseas pay comparability and limitation (a) In general The authority provided under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. (b) Limitation The authority described in subsection (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 110. Provisions related to the compact of free association with the Republic of Palau (a) Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau During the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities described in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931 note) shall, with the mutual consent of the Government of the Republic of Palau, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2024 under the amended agreements described in subsections (b) and (f) of section 462 of that Compact. (b) Amendments related to the 2024 Federal programs and services agreement with the Republic of Palau (1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1983(e) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking An agreement and inserting the following: (1) In general An agreement ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) Federal Programs and Services Agreement with the Republic of Palau Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 101(c)(2) of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2) ) and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact. . (2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1989(a)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any applicable Federal programs and services agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau; and . 111. United States Agency for International Development Civil Service annuitant waiver Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B) ) shall be applied by striking October 1, 2010 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 112. United States Agency for International Development Inspector General annuitant waiver The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–212 ; 124 Stat. 2332)— (1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024; and (2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency declaration. 113. Extension of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended by striking the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 20, 2024 . 114. Extension of transfers of air traffic systems acquired with AIP funding Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 ( Public Law 118–63 ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . II HEALTH EXTENDERS A Public Health 201. Extension of programs relating to autism (a) Developmental disabilities surveillance and research program Section 399AA(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i(e) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (b) Autism education, early detection, and intervention Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–1(g) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (c) Interagency autism coordinating committee Section 399CC(f) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 202. Extension of authority to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 each place it appears and inserting December 20, 2024 . 203. No Surprises Act implementation funding Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended by striking through 2024 and inserting through September 30, 2025 . B Medicaid 211. Medicaid funding for the Northern Mariana Islands Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and (5) and inserting , (5), and (14) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) Additional increase for the Northern Mariana Islands (A) In general The Secretary shall increase the total amount otherwise determined under this subsection for the Northern Mariana Islands for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2024, by $27,100,000. (B) Special rules The increase described in subparagraph (A)— (i) shall apply to the total amount certified by the Secretary under title XIX for payment to the Northern Mariana Islands for services attributable to fiscal year 2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that payments for any such services are made by the Northern Mariana Islands in fiscal year 2025; and (ii) shall be in addition to the amount calculated under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be taken into account in calculating an amount under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 2025 or a subsequent fiscal year. . C Medicare 221. Revising phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment changes (a) Revised phase-in of reductions from private payor rate implementation Section 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2027 and inserting 2028 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking 2025 through 2027 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (b) Revised reporting period for reporting of private sector payment rates for establishment of Medicare payment rates Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking 2025 each place it appears and inserting 2026 . 222. Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking 2022, $0 and inserting 2026, $3,197,000,000 . III VETERANS EXTENDERS A Health Care 301. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care and nursing home care Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 302. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 303. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhancement program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–21 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 304. Extension of pilot program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and posttraumatic growth programs Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–171 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking for a three-year period beginning on the commencement of the pilot program and inserting until September 30, 2025 . 305. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–180 ; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . B Memorial affairs 311. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 both places it appears and inserting September 30, 2025 . 312. Extension of authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 313. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a period at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) in the case of Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers in any section of such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on December 22, 2023. . C Homelessness 321. Extension of authority to provide assistance for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 322. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 323. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 324. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans (a) General treatment Section 2031(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . (b) Additional services at certain locations Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 325. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (a) In general Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . (b) Technical amendment Section 2044(e) of such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 326. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with special needs Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . D Other Authorities 331. Extension of authority to transport individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 332. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking May 31, 2025 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 333. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of the Philippines Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 334. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allowance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic sports program Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the United States Olympic Committee each place it appears and inserting the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking Veterans Benefits Administration and inserting Veterans Health Administration ; and (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection the following: (A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2023, $2,000,000. (B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, $2,500,000. . 335. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to administrative error Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting December 31, 2025 . 336. Modification of certain housing loan fees The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking November 15, 2031 each place it appears and inserting November 29, 2031 . 337. Extension of authority for transfer of real property Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 338. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the Department Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ) is amended by striking for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three subsequent fiscal years and inserting for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 . IV BUDGETARY EFFECTS 401. Budgetary effects (a) Statutory PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9747 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2024 Mr. Cole introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 . 2. Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 Division B—Extensions Title I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS Title II—HEALTH EXTENDERS Title III—VETERANS EXTENDERS Title IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 3. References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. A Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–42 ). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–42 ). (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–47 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–42 ). (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47 ), except sections 637 and 638. (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 546(e), and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of division G of Public Law 118–47 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 447. (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–47 ). (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118–47 ), except the matter under the heading Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2025 , and including section 7 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 118–47 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–42 ), except section 259. (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47 ), except section 7075(a). (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–42 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2024 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2024 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2024. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) December 20, 2024. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2024 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 ( 22 U.S.C. 2412 ), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2680 ), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 ( 22 U.S.C. 6212 ), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. (b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 shall apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 138, 140, and 151 of this Act as an emergency requirement. (c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159 , division J of Public Law 117–58 , or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5 . (d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date in section 106(3). 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— (1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— (1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or (2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act. (c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided , That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. , and direct farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current program caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1636i ) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 ( 7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2024 . 121. During the period covered by this Act, section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( 18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473 ; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, shall be applied by substituting 37 for 36 each place it appears. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 for Corps of Engineers—Civil—Operation and Maintenance may be used up to an amount not to exceed $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning August 1, 2024, to provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United States. 123. During the period covered by this Act, section 3 of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 each place it appears. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the duration of fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under section 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3) ) shall be available for any necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with respect to section 601 of such Act, subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support , there is appropriated $25,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided , That such funds may be transferred to other accounts (including other agencies) that provide support to offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, to carry out such purposes, including to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the enactment of this Act for such purposes. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia at a rate for operations of $47,000,000, for an additional amount for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in January 2025: Provided , That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain emergency planning and security activities relating to such Presidential Inauguration. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 is amended by striking , for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, subsection (a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service in division B of Public Law 118–47 , as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied as if , of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026 were struck. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds for such programs and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 118–47 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition , there is appropriated $19,424,177, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by section 5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided , That if there are two or more possible apparent successful candidates, each such candidate, with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to a proportional share of the appropriations made available for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That no apparent successful candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further , That such amounts may be transferred and credited to the Acquisition Services Fund or the Federal Buildings Fund to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2024: Provided further , That in the case of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further , That amounts available under this section shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes. (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by this Act for General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presidential Transition . 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for National Archives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses , there is appropriated $23,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Presidential Records Act of 1978 ), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting $190,784,000 for $219,076,000 and the second proviso under such heading in such division of such Act shall be applied by substituting $245,267,000 for $192,975,000 . 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for Coast Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements may be used for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization program. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section 11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 shall be applied by substituting shall not apply for shall apply . 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ). 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out protective operations, including activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential Campaign. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for United States Secret Service—Operations and Support , $231,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for operations necessary to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential Campaign and National Special Security Events: Provided , That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan that identifies, by program, project, and activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified in this section with amounts for Operations and Support in this Act and shall provide to the Committees monthly reports on the execution of such expenditure plan: Provided further , That such amounts may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security transmits to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided further , That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump all materials responsive to such Task Force’s letters transmitted on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Provided further , That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including requests for documents, information, and testimony from any Secret Service personnel) on protective operations funded in this Act or in Public Law 118–47 from the House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees on Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Accountability, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or any subcommittees thereof: Provided further , That responses shall be considered timely if provided on or before the deadline specified by the requesting committee or subcommittee. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section 104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division G of Public Law 117–180 ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for “2 years after the date on which regulations are first promulgated under subsection (f)”, and “May 31, 2024”. (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System at a rate for operations of $5,000,000, for an additional amount for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law 115–123 ) for the National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $24,262,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. 143. During the period covered by this Act, section 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76 , as amended by Public Law 116–6 , shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024 . 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses at a rate for operations of $6,000,000, for an additional amount for the Current Population Survey. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2024, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated— (1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila Jackson Lee, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000; (2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of William Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000; and (3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Military Construction, Navy may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 . 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available until September 30, 2024, for Departmental Administration—Construction, Major Projects in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ) are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until September 30, 2029, and shall be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities provided under such heading in Public Law 116–94 , in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use the unobligated balances of amounts made available in prior fiscal years in the second paragraph under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance to support additional allocations under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle: Provided , That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 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 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 152. During the period covered by this Act, section 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the Coast Guard. This division may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 . B Extensions I MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS 101. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 102. Joint Task Forces Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 348(b)(13) ) shall be applied by substituting December 20, 2024 for September 30, 2024 . 103. National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 104. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act ( 16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g) ) is amended by striking 40 and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting on December 20, 2024. . 105. EBT benefit fraud prevention Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016a ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking October and inserting December ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking to the maximum extent practicable, ; (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); (v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) a comparison of State plans related to reimbursement, prevention, and other relevant procedures approved in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and ; and (vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting and proactively after consistently ; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) Comptroller general (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that examines risks related to supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit transfer payment system security, including the risk of stolen benefits through card skimming, card cloning, and other similar methods. (2) Contents The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the extent to which the Department of Agriculture manages payment system security, including risks related to stolen benefits, compared to leading industry practices; (B) the manner in which States, retailers, and other relevant entities manage risks related to stolen benefits; (C) the oversight of and guidance provided by the Secretary to States regarding stolen benefits; and (D) recommendations and policy options for— (i) improving how the Department of Agriculture and other relevant entities manage payment system security risks, including those related to stolen benefits; and (ii) how the Department of Agriculture may best share those improvements with States, retailers, and other relevant entities. . 106. Extension of Forest Service Participation in ACES Program Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 3851a(b) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2023 . 107. Extension of Good Neighbor Authority Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii) ) shall be applied by substituting 1 day after December 20, 2024 for October 1, 2024 . 108. Temporary extension of Food for Peace Act The authorities provided by each provision of the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ), as in effect on September 30, 2024, shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. 109. Overseas pay comparability and limitation (a) In general The authority provided under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. (b) Limitation The authority described in subsection (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 110. Provisions related to the compact of free association with the Republic of Palau (a) Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau During the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the Government of the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities described in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931 note) shall, with the mutual consent of the Government of the Republic of Palau, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2024 under the amended agreements described in subsections (b) and (f) of section 462 of that Compact. (b) Amendments related to the 2024 Federal programs and services agreement with the Republic of Palau (1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1983(e) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking An agreement and inserting the following: (1) In general An agreement ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) Federal Programs and Services Agreement with the Republic of Palau Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 101(c)(2) of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2) ) and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact. . (2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 ( 48 U.S.C. 1989(a)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any applicable Federal programs and services agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau; and . 111. United States Agency for International Development Civil Service annuitant waiver Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B) ) shall be applied by striking October 1, 2010 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 112. United States Agency for International Development Inspector General annuitant waiver The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–212 ; 124 Stat. 2332)— (1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024; and (2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency declaration. 113. Extension of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended by striking the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 20, 2024 . 114. Extension of transfers of air traffic systems acquired with AIP funding Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 ( Public Law 118–63 ) is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . II HEALTH EXTENDERS A Public Health 201. Extension of programs relating to autism (a) Developmental disabilities surveillance and research program Section 399AA(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i(e) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (b) Autism education, early detection, and intervention Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–1(g) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . (c) Interagency autism coordinating committee Section 399CC(f) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting December 20, 2024 . 202. Extension of authority to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2024 each place it appears and inserting December 20, 2024 . 203. No Surprises Act implementation funding Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended by striking through 2024 and inserting through September 30, 2025 . B Medicaid 211. Medicaid funding for the Northern Mariana Islands Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and (5) and inserting , (5), and (14) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) Additional increase for the Northern Mariana Islands (A) In general The Secretary shall increase the total amount otherwise determined under this subsection for the Northern Mariana Islands for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2024, by $27,100,000. (B) Special rules The increase described in subparagraph (A)— (i) shall apply to the total amount certified by the Secretary under title XIX for payment to the Northern Mariana Islands for services attributable to fiscal year 2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that payments for any such services are made by the Northern Mariana Islands in fiscal year 2025; and (ii) shall be in addition to the amount calculated under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be taken into account in calculating an amount under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 2025 or a subsequent fiscal year. . C Medicare 221. Revising phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment changes (a) Revised phase-In of reductions from private payor rate implementation Section 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2027 and inserting 2028 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking 2025 through 2027 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (b) Revised reporting period for reporting of private sector payment rates for establishment of Medicare payment rates Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 ; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking 2025 each place it appears and inserting 2026 . 222. Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking 2022, $0 and inserting 2026, $3,197,000,000 . III VETERANS EXTENDERS A Health Care 301. Extension of authority for collection of copayments for hospital care and nursing home care Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 302. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 303. Extension of expansion of rural access network for growth enhancement program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–21 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 304. Extension of pilot program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and posttraumatic growth programs Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–171 ; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking for a three-year period beginning on the commencement of the pilot program and inserting until September 30, 2025 . 305. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–180 ; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . B Memorial affairs 311. Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 both places it appears and inserting September 30, 2025 . 312. Extension of authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 313. Authority for use of flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a period at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) in the case of Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers in any section of such cemetery in which flat markers were in use on December 22, 2023. . C Homelessness 321. Extension of authority to provide assistance for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 322. Extension of authority for specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 323. Extension of authorization of appropriations for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . 324. Extension of authority for treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans (a) General treatment Section 2031(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . (b) Additional services at certain locations Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 325. Extension of funding for financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (a) In general Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . (b) Technical amendment Section 2044(e) of such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 326. Extension of funding for grant program for homeless veterans with special needs Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2025 . D Other Authorities 331. Extension of authority to transport individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 332. Extension of testimonial subpoena authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking May 31, 2025 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 333. Extension of authority to maintain regional office in the Republic of the Philippines Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 334. Extension and modification of authority for monthly assistance allowance for disabled veterans training in Paralympic and Olympic sports program Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the United States Olympic Committee each place it appears and inserting the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking Veterans Benefits Administration and inserting Veterans Health Administration ; and (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection the following: (A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2023, $2,000,000. (B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, $2,500,000. . 335. Extension of authority for report on equitable relief provided due to administrative error Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by striking December 31, 2024 and inserting December 31, 2025 . 336. Modification of certain housing loan fees The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking November 15, 2031 each place it appears and inserting November 29, 2031 . 337. Extension of authority for transfer of real property Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2025 . 338. Extension of requirements relating to Chief Financial Officer of the Department Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ) is amended by striking for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three subsequent fiscal years and inserting for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 . IV BUDGETARY EFFECTS 401. Budgetary effects (a) Statutory PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.