Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act

Bill: 118-hr-5860
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2023-09-30
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: ASEAN countries

Abortion

Access Board

Accounting and auditing

Administrative Conference of the U.S.

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Adoption and foster care

Advanced technology and technological innovations

Advisory bodies

Afghanistan

Africa

African Development Foundation

Aging

Agricultural conservation and pollution

Agricultural education

Agricultural insurance

Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural research

Alabama

Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Allergies

Alliances

Alternative and renewable resources

Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration

Alternative treatments

American Battle Monuments Commission

Animal and plant health

Appalachian Regional Commission

Appropriations

Aquatic ecology

Arab-Israeli relations

Architect of the Capitol

Area studies and international education

Arizona

Arkansas

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Arms control and nonproliferation

Army Corps of Engineers

Asia

Atmospheric science and weather

Australia

Aviation and airports

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Birth defects

Blood and blood diseases

Border security and unlawful immigration

Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Budget process

Building construction

Burma

Buy American requirements

California

Cambodia

Canada

Cancer

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Caribbean area

Cemeteries and funerals

Census and government statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Central African Republic

Central America

Central Europe

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Child care and development

Child health

Child safety and welfare

China

Citizenship and naturalization

Civics education

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Coast guard

Collective security

Colombia

Commission on Civil Rights

Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Commodity Credit Corporation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commuting

Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Conflicts and wars

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Congressional agencies

Congressional committees

Congressional leadership

Congressional officers and employees

Congressional oversight

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Crime victims

Criminal justice information and records

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Cuba

Cultural exchanges and relations

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Defense spending

Delta Regional Authority

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denali Commission

Dental care

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Education

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

Digestive and metabolic diseases

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Disability and health-based discrimination

Disability and paralysis

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

Education of the disadvantaged

Education programs funding

Educational facilities and institutions

Egypt

Election Assistance Commission

Electric power generation and transmission

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency communications systems

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Emergency planning and evacuation

Employee benefits and pensions

Employee hiring

Employment and training programs

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Endangered and threatened species

Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Energy efficiency and conservation

Energy research

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental health

Environmental technology

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Ethiopia

Europe

Evidence and witnesses

Executive Office of the President

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Family planning and birth control

Family services

Farm Credit Administration

Farmland

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal appellate courts

Federal district courts

Federal officials

Federal-Indian relations

Firearms and explosives

Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Fishes

Floods and storm protection

Florida

Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign labor

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Forests, forestry, trees

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Free trade and trade barriers

Gaza Strip

General Services Administration

Genetics

Georgia

Georgia (Republic)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

Government Publishing Office (GPO)

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government trust funds

Great Lakes

Guam

HIV/AIDS

Haiti

Hawaii

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Hearing, speech, and vision care

Hereditary and development disorders

Higher education

Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Homelessness and emergency shelter

House of Representatives

Housing and community development funding

Housing finance and home ownership

Housing for the elderly and disabled

Housing industry and standards

Human rights

Human trafficking

Humanities programs funding

Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles

Illinois

Immigrant health and welfare

Immigration status and procedures

Immunology and vaccination

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Indian social and development programs

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Inflation and prices

Infrastructure development

Intellectual property

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Inter-American Foundation
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-30
text: Became Public Law No: 118-15.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief.</p><p>It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs.</p><p>DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024</p><p>This division provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act.</p><p>It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2024 begins on October 1, 2023.</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.</p><p>This division also provides emergency funding to respond to natural disasters.</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section provides FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2023 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 FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2024 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 November 17, 2023, 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 FY2023 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 requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Emergency spending is generally exempt from discretionary spending limits.)</p><p>This section also extends other specified designations (e.g. disaster relief funds) to funds provided by this division. (These designations generally allow adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate additional spending for specified purposes.)</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.</p><p>(Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain activities for the Rural Housing Service's Rental Assistance 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, which 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 allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for Salaries and Expenses at the rate necessary to administer broadband programs.</p><p>(Sec. 122) This section extends the availability of specified funds that were provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Space Operations.</p><p>(Sec. 123) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission through the duration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 124) This section allows DOD to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine.</p><p>(Sec. 125) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD.</p><p>(Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Personnel Management for Salaries and Expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 127) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 128) 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. 129) This section provides emergency funding to FEMA for the Disaster Relief Fund. It also requires specified funds to be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for related audits and activities.</p><p>(Sec. 130) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 17, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 131) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Protection System (commonly known as EINSTEIN) and related reporting requirements.</p><p>(Sec. 132) This section allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to apportion funds at the rate necessary to continue funding a base salary increase for federal wildland firefighters.</p><p>(Sec. 133) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.</p><p>(Sec. 134) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects.</p><p>(Sec. 135) This section extends the authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to hire certain Personal Service Contractors.</p><p>(Sec. 136) This section extends the term of a member of the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.</p><p>(Sec. 137) This section makes additional funding available to the Federal Aviation Administration for the personnel and related expenses funded by the Facilities and Equipment account.</p><p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS</p><p>TITLE I--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS</p><p>(Sec. 2101) This section extends through November 17, 2023, certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that provide grants and other financial assistance for the FSM.</p><p>The section also extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in the FSM and the Republic of the Marshall Islands until new federal programs and services agreements take effect.</p><p>(Sec. 2102) This section extends the deadlines for the Department of the Interior to issue proposed and final regulations pursuant to negotiated rulemaking for the Tribal Self-Governance Program. (The PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act revised Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. The act also authorized a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and promulgate regulations for its implementation.)</p><p>TITLE II--FAA EXTENSION</p><p>This title temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and activities.</p><p>Subtitle A--Federal Aviation Programs</p><p>(Sec. 2201) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports.</p><p>(Sec. 2202) This section extends through December 31, 2023, certain expiring Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA authorities and programs.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide insurance and reinsurance for the federal government for risks from operating an aircraft and providing related goods or services.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement program to test and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate potential aviation safety risks posed by UAS.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, competitive access disclosure requirements for AIP grant applications for large and medium hub airports. Specifically, an airport must provide assurances to DOT that it will report if it has been unable to accommodate one or more requests by an air carrier for access to gates or other facilities at that airport in order to provide service or expanded service.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for AIP grants for airports located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for the FAA AIP supplementary discretionary funds for grants for airport or terminal development projects.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, AIP grant authorization for compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments. Airport-compatible land uses are those that can coexist with a nearby airport without constraining the safe and efficient operation of the airport, or exposing people living or working nearby to significant environmental impacts.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the AIP non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot grant program. These systems use on-airport sensors to track vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders on portions of the airfield surface that are not under the control of air traffic control.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the FAA weather reporting programs.</p><p>This section extends through January 1, 2024, a <em>learning period </em>(i.e., moratorium) that applies to certain DOT commercial spaceflight safety regulations governing the design or operation of a launch vehicle to protect the health and safety of crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authority for DOT to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Interior for the purpose of funding airport development at Midway Island Airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the termination date for a final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility under the Essential Air Service Program using the most commonly used route between the place and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport. (DOT established the program to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.)</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the moratorium on discontinuing the FAA Contract Weather Observer Program at any airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA remote tower pilot program. A remote tower is a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all necessary system components, that provides the functions and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport from a location that may not be on or near the airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for DOT to provide AIP grants for airport access roads in certain remote locations and for storage facilities for certain snow removal and safety equipment.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA's UAS remote detection and identification pilot program. Under the program, the FAA uses available remote detection or identification technologies for safety oversight, including enforcement actions against operators of UAS that are not in compliance with federal aviation laws and regulations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, which advises DOT in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the requirement that the Aviation Consumer Advocate at DOT submit an annual report to Congress summarizing aviation consumer complaints and recommendations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee to address the needs of passengers with disabilities.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for an FAA pilot program to provide air traffic control services on a preferential basis to aircraft equipped with certain Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) avionics.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the pilot program that allows AIP funds to be used for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties.</p><p>(Sec. 2203) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, FAA salaries, operations, and maintenance.</p><p>Further, this section extends through December 31, 2023, DOT's authority to reduce the FAA's expenses for non-safety-related activities if DOT determines that the funding levels are insufficient to meet the FAA's authorized salary, operations and maintenance expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 2204) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities and equipment.</p><p>(Sec. 2205) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to conduct civil aviation research, engineering, and development.</p><p>(Sec. 2206) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the FAA Essential Air Service Program.</p><p>Further, this section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a DOT grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues.</p><p>Subtitle B--Aviation Revenue Provisions</p><p>(Sec. 2211) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 2212) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets.</p><p>Subtitle C--Expiring Counter-UAS 12 Authorities</p><p>(Sec. 2221) This section extends through November 18, 2023, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security 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>TITLE III--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p><p>Subtitle A--Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments</p><p>This subtitle reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect fees for brand-name and generic animal drug applications through FY2028. Animal drugs are drugs that are intended for animals other than humans (e.g., pets and livestock). Animal drugs must be approved by the FDA before they may be offered on the commercial market. The FDA is authorized to collect fees for animal drug applications in order to support its regulatory activities; this authority currently expires at the end of FY2023.</p><p>Chapter 1--Fees Relating to Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2302) This section updates statutory references to mutual agreements between the United States and the European Union regarding animal drug manufacturing to include specific mutual recognition agreements between the United States and the European Union and between the United States and the United Kingdom.</p><p>(Sec. 2303) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for brand-name animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations.</p><p>(Sec. 2304) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2305) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for brand-name animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2306) This section provides that the fee changes apply to brand-name animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2307) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Chapter 2--Fees Relating to Generic Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2312) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for generic animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. It also provides for a specific fee for requests to establish generic investigational new animal drug files and requires other application fees to be adjusted accordingly.</p><p>(Sec. 2313) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2314) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for generic animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2315) This section provides that the fee changes apply to generic animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2316) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Subtitle B--Public Health Extenders</p><p>(Sec. 2321) This section extends through November 17, 2023, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.)</p><p>(Sec. 2322) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.)</p><p>Subtitle C--Necessary Authorities to Respond to Threats</p><p>(Sec. 2331) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly appoint candidates to positions within the National Disaster Medical System if HHS determines the number of personnel in the system is insufficient to address a public health emergency or potential public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>The National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams.</p><p>(Sec. 2332) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2333) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, and the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. Currently, these committees terminate on September 30, 2023.</p><p>Subtitle D--Medicaid</p><p>(Sec. 2341) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until November 18, 2023. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)</p><p>(Sec. 2342) This section reduces the amount of funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for activities relating to mechanized claims systems beginning in FY2028.</p><p>Subtitle E--Human Services</p><p>(Sec. 2351) This section funds through November 17, 2023, programs that support child welfare services and activities. Specifically, it funds the (1) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Service Program, which provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support preventive interventions and other activities to keep families together; and (2) the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which supports efforts to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanent living arrangements for children (e.g., parental reunification or adoption).</p><p>(Sec. 2352) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. This program supports projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activities.</p><p>(Sec. 2353) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Personal Responsibility Education Program. This program provides grants to states to educate young people about abstinence and contraception for prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program also supports pregnant and parenting youth.</p><p>TITLE IV-- BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p><p>(Sec. 2401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO Act), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.</p>

action_date: 2023-09-30
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief.</p><p>It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs.</p><p>DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024</p><p>This division provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act.</p><p>It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2024 begins on October 1, 2023.</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.</p><p>This division also provides emergency funding to respond to natural disasters.</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section provides FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2023 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 FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2024 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 November 17, 2023, 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 FY2023 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 requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Emergency spending is generally exempt from discretionary spending limits.)</p><p>This section also extends other specified designations (e.g. disaster relief funds) to funds provided by this division. (These designations generally allow adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate additional spending for specified purposes.)</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.</p><p>(Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain activities for the Rural Housing Service's Rental Assistance 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, which 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 allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for Salaries and Expenses at the rate necessary to administer broadband programs.</p><p>(Sec. 122) This section extends the availability of specified funds that were provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Space Operations.</p><p>(Sec. 123) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission through the duration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 124) This section allows DOD to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine.</p><p>(Sec. 125) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD.</p><p>(Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Personnel Management for Salaries and Expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 127) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 128) 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. 129) This section provides emergency funding to FEMA for the Disaster Relief Fund. It also requires specified funds to be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for related audits and activities.</p><p>(Sec. 130) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 17, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 131) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Protection System (commonly known as EINSTEIN) and related reporting requirements.</p><p>(Sec. 132) This section allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to apportion funds at the rate necessary to continue funding a base salary increase for federal wildland firefighters.</p><p>(Sec. 133) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.</p><p>(Sec. 134) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects.</p><p>(Sec. 135) This section extends the authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to hire certain Personal Service Contractors.</p><p>(Sec. 136) This section extends the term of a member of the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.</p><p>(Sec. 137) This section makes additional funding available to the Federal Aviation Administration for the personnel and related expenses funded by the Facilities and Equipment account.</p><p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS</p><p>TITLE I--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS</p><p>(Sec. 2101) This section extends through November 17, 2023, certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that provide grants and other financial assistance for the FSM.</p><p>The section also extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in the FSM and the Republic of the Marshall Islands until new federal programs and services agreements take effect.</p><p>(Sec. 2102) This section extends the deadlines for the Department of the Interior to issue proposed and final regulations pursuant to negotiated rulemaking for the Tribal Self-Governance Program. (The PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act revised Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. The act also authorized a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and promulgate regulations for its implementation.)</p><p>TITLE II--FAA EXTENSION</p><p>This title temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and activities.</p><p>Subtitle A--Federal Aviation Programs</p><p>(Sec. 2201) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports.</p><p>(Sec. 2202) This section extends through December 31, 2023, certain expiring Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA authorities and programs.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide insurance and reinsurance for the federal government for risks from operating an aircraft and providing related goods or services.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement program to test and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate potential aviation safety risks posed by UAS.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, competitive access disclosure requirements for AIP grant applications for large and medium hub airports. Specifically, an airport must provide assurances to DOT that it will report if it has been unable to accommodate one or more requests by an air carrier for access to gates or other facilities at that airport in order to provide service or expanded service.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for AIP grants for airports located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for the FAA AIP supplementary discretionary funds for grants for airport or terminal development projects.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, AIP grant authorization for compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments. Airport-compatible land uses are those that can coexist with a nearby airport without constraining the safe and efficient operation of the airport, or exposing people living or working nearby to significant environmental impacts.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the AIP non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot grant program. These systems use on-airport sensors to track vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders on portions of the airfield surface that are not under the control of air traffic control.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the FAA weather reporting programs.</p><p>This section extends through January 1, 2024, a <em>learning period </em>(i.e., moratorium) that applies to certain DOT commercial spaceflight safety regulations governing the design or operation of a launch vehicle to protect the health and safety of crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authority for DOT to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Interior for the purpose of funding airport development at Midway Island Airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the termination date for a final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility under the Essential Air Service Program using the most commonly used route between the place and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport. (DOT established the program to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.)</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the moratorium on discontinuing the FAA Contract Weather Observer Program at any airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA remote tower pilot program. A remote tower is a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all necessary system components, that provides the functions and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport from a location that may not be on or near the airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for DOT to provide AIP grants for airport access roads in certain remote locations and for storage facilities for certain snow removal and safety equipment.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA's UAS remote detection and identification pilot program. Under the program, the FAA uses available remote detection or identification technologies for safety oversight, including enforcement actions against operators of UAS that are not in compliance with federal aviation laws and regulations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, which advises DOT in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the requirement that the Aviation Consumer Advocate at DOT submit an annual report to Congress summarizing aviation consumer complaints and recommendations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee to address the needs of passengers with disabilities.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for an FAA pilot program to provide air traffic control services on a preferential basis to aircraft equipped with certain Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) avionics.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the pilot program that allows AIP funds to be used for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties.</p><p>(Sec. 2203) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, FAA salaries, operations, and maintenance.</p><p>Further, this section extends through December 31, 2023, DOT's authority to reduce the FAA's expenses for non-safety-related activities if DOT determines that the funding levels are insufficient to meet the FAA's authorized salary, operations and maintenance expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 2204) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities and equipment.</p><p>(Sec. 2205) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to conduct civil aviation research, engineering, and development.</p><p>(Sec. 2206) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the FAA Essential Air Service Program.</p><p>Further, this section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a DOT grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues.</p><p>Subtitle B--Aviation Revenue Provisions</p><p>(Sec. 2211) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 2212) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets.</p><p>Subtitle C--Expiring Counter-UAS 12 Authorities</p><p>(Sec. 2221) This section extends through November 18, 2023, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security 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>TITLE III--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p><p>Subtitle A--Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments</p><p>This subtitle reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect fees for brand-name and generic animal drug applications through FY2028. Animal drugs are drugs that are intended for animals other than humans (e.g., pets and livestock). Animal drugs must be approved by the FDA before they may be offered on the commercial market. The FDA is authorized to collect fees for animal drug applications in order to support its regulatory activities; this authority currently expires at the end of FY2023.</p><p>Chapter 1--Fees Relating to Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2302) This section updates statutory references to mutual agreements between the United States and the European Union regarding animal drug manufacturing to include specific mutual recognition agreements between the United States and the European Union and between the United States and the United Kingdom.</p><p>(Sec. 2303) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for brand-name animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations.</p><p>(Sec. 2304) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2305) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for brand-name animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2306) This section provides that the fee changes apply to brand-name animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2307) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Chapter 2--Fees Relating to Generic Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2312) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for generic animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. It also provides for a specific fee for requests to establish generic investigational new animal drug files and requires other application fees to be adjusted accordingly.</p><p>(Sec. 2313) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2314) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for generic animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2315) This section provides that the fee changes apply to generic animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2316) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Subtitle B--Public Health Extenders</p><p>(Sec. 2321) This section extends through November 17, 2023, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.)</p><p>(Sec. 2322) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.)</p><p>Subtitle C--Necessary Authorities to Respond to Threats</p><p>(Sec. 2331) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly appoint candidates to positions within the National Disaster Medical System if HHS determines the number of personnel in the system is insufficient to address a public health emergency or potential public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>The National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams.</p><p>(Sec. 2332) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2333) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, and the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. Currently, these committees terminate on September 30, 2023.</p><p>Subtitle D--Medicaid</p><p>(Sec. 2341) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until November 18, 2023. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)</p><p>(Sec. 2342) This section reduces the amount of funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for activities relating to mechanized claims systems beginning in FY2028.</p><p>Subtitle E--Human Services</p><p>(Sec. 2351) This section funds through November 17, 2023, programs that support child welfare services and activities. Specifically, it funds the (1) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Service Program, which provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support preventive interventions and other activities to keep families together; and (2) the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which supports efforts to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanent living arrangements for children (e.g., parental reunification or adoption).</p><p>(Sec. 2352) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. This program supports projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activities.</p><p>(Sec. 2353) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Personal Responsibility Education Program. This program provides grants to states to educate young people about abstinence and contraception for prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program also supports pregnant and parenting youth.</p><p>TITLE IV-- BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p><p>(Sec. 2401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO Act), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.</p>

action_date: 2023-09-30
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief.</p><p>It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs.</p><p>DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024</p><p>This division provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act.</p><p>It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2024 begins on October 1, 2023.</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.</p><p>This division also provides emergency funding to respond to natural disasters.</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section provides FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2023 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 FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2024 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 November 17, 2023, 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 FY2023 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 requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Emergency spending is generally exempt from discretionary spending limits.)</p><p>This section also extends other specified designations (e.g. disaster relief funds) to funds provided by this division. (These designations generally allow adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate additional spending for specified purposes.)</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.</p><p>(Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain activities for the Rural Housing Service's Rental Assistance 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, which 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 allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for Salaries and Expenses at the rate necessary to administer broadband programs.</p><p>(Sec. 122) This section extends the availability of specified funds that were provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Space Operations.</p><p>(Sec. 123) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission through the duration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 124) This section allows DOD to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine.</p><p>(Sec. 125) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD.</p><p>(Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Personnel Management for Salaries and Expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 127) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 128) 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. 129) This section provides emergency funding to FEMA for the Disaster Relief Fund. It also requires specified funds to be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for related audits and activities.</p><p>(Sec. 130) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 17, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 131) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Protection System (commonly known as EINSTEIN) and related reporting requirements.</p><p>(Sec. 132) This section allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to apportion funds at the rate necessary to continue funding a base salary increase for federal wildland firefighters.</p><p>(Sec. 133) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.</p><p>(Sec. 134) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects.</p><p>(Sec. 135) This section extends the authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to hire certain Personal Service Contractors.</p><p>(Sec. 136) This section extends the term of a member of the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.</p><p>(Sec. 137) This section makes additional funding available to the Federal Aviation Administration for the personnel and related expenses funded by the Facilities and Equipment account.</p><p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS</p><p>TITLE I--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS</p><p>(Sec. 2101) This section extends through November 17, 2023, certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that provide grants and other financial assistance for the FSM.</p><p>The section also extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in the FSM and the Republic of the Marshall Islands until new federal programs and services agreements take effect.</p><p>(Sec. 2102) This section extends the deadlines for the Department of the Interior to issue proposed and final regulations pursuant to negotiated rulemaking for the Tribal Self-Governance Program. (The PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act revised Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. The act also authorized a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and promulgate regulations for its implementation.)</p><p>TITLE II--FAA EXTENSION</p><p>This title temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and activities.</p><p>Subtitle A--Federal Aviation Programs</p><p>(Sec. 2201) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports.</p><p>(Sec. 2202) This section extends through December 31, 2023, certain expiring Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA authorities and programs.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide insurance and reinsurance for the federal government for risks from operating an aircraft and providing related goods or services.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement program to test and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate potential aviation safety risks posed by UAS.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, competitive access disclosure requirements for AIP grant applications for large and medium hub airports. Specifically, an airport must provide assurances to DOT that it will report if it has been unable to accommodate one or more requests by an air carrier for access to gates or other facilities at that airport in order to provide service or expanded service.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for AIP grants for airports located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for the FAA AIP supplementary discretionary funds for grants for airport or terminal development projects.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, AIP grant authorization for compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments. Airport-compatible land uses are those that can coexist with a nearby airport without constraining the safe and efficient operation of the airport, or exposing people living or working nearby to significant environmental impacts.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the AIP non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot grant program. These systems use on-airport sensors to track vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders on portions of the airfield surface that are not under the control of air traffic control.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the FAA weather reporting programs.</p><p>This section extends through January 1, 2024, a <em>learning period </em>(i.e., moratorium) that applies to certain DOT commercial spaceflight safety regulations governing the design or operation of a launch vehicle to protect the health and safety of crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authority for DOT to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Interior for the purpose of funding airport development at Midway Island Airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the termination date for a final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility under the Essential Air Service Program using the most commonly used route between the place and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport. (DOT established the program to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.)</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the moratorium on discontinuing the FAA Contract Weather Observer Program at any airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA remote tower pilot program. A remote tower is a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all necessary system components, that provides the functions and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport from a location that may not be on or near the airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for DOT to provide AIP grants for airport access roads in certain remote locations and for storage facilities for certain snow removal and safety equipment.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA's UAS remote detection and identification pilot program. Under the program, the FAA uses available remote detection or identification technologies for safety oversight, including enforcement actions against operators of UAS that are not in compliance with federal aviation laws and regulations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, which advises DOT in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the requirement that the Aviation Consumer Advocate at DOT submit an annual report to Congress summarizing aviation consumer complaints and recommendations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee to address the needs of passengers with disabilities.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for an FAA pilot program to provide air traffic control services on a preferential basis to aircraft equipped with certain Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) avionics.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the pilot program that allows AIP funds to be used for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties.</p><p>(Sec. 2203) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, FAA salaries, operations, and maintenance.</p><p>Further, this section extends through December 31, 2023, DOT's authority to reduce the FAA's expenses for non-safety-related activities if DOT determines that the funding levels are insufficient to meet the FAA's authorized salary, operations and maintenance expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 2204) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities and equipment.</p><p>(Sec. 2205) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to conduct civil aviation research, engineering, and development.</p><p>(Sec. 2206) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the FAA Essential Air Service Program.</p><p>Further, this section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a DOT grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues.</p><p>Subtitle B--Aviation Revenue Provisions</p><p>(Sec. 2211) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 2212) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets.</p><p>Subtitle C--Expiring Counter-UAS 12 Authorities</p><p>(Sec. 2221) This section extends through November 18, 2023, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security 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>TITLE III--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p><p>Subtitle A--Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments</p><p>This subtitle reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect fees for brand-name and generic animal drug applications through FY2028. Animal drugs are drugs that are intended for animals other than humans (e.g., pets and livestock). Animal drugs must be approved by the FDA before they may be offered on the commercial market. The FDA is authorized to collect fees for animal drug applications in order to support its regulatory activities; this authority currently expires at the end of FY2023.</p><p>Chapter 1--Fees Relating to Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2302) This section updates statutory references to mutual agreements between the United States and the European Union regarding animal drug manufacturing to include specific mutual recognition agreements between the United States and the European Union and between the United States and the United Kingdom.</p><p>(Sec. 2303) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for brand-name animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations.</p><p>(Sec. 2304) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2305) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for brand-name animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2306) This section provides that the fee changes apply to brand-name animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2307) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Chapter 2--Fees Relating to Generic Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2312) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for generic animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. It also provides for a specific fee for requests to establish generic investigational new animal drug files and requires other application fees to be adjusted accordingly.</p><p>(Sec. 2313) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2314) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for generic animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2315) This section provides that the fee changes apply to generic animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2316) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Subtitle B--Public Health Extenders</p><p>(Sec. 2321) This section extends through November 17, 2023, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.)</p><p>(Sec. 2322) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.)</p><p>Subtitle C--Necessary Authorities to Respond to Threats</p><p>(Sec. 2331) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly appoint candidates to positions within the National Disaster Medical System if HHS determines the number of personnel in the system is insufficient to address a public health emergency or potential public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>The National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams.</p><p>(Sec. 2332) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2333) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, and the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. Currently, these committees terminate on September 30, 2023.</p><p>Subtitle D--Medicaid</p><p>(Sec. 2341) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until November 18, 2023. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)</p><p>(Sec. 2342) This section reduces the amount of funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for activities relating to mechanized claims systems beginning in FY2028.</p><p>Subtitle E--Human Services</p><p>(Sec. 2351) This section funds through November 17, 2023, programs that support child welfare services and activities. Specifically, it funds the (1) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Service Program, which provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support preventive interventions and other activities to keep families together; and (2) the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which supports efforts to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanent living arrangements for children (e.g., parental reunification or adoption).</p><p>(Sec. 2352) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. This program supports projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activities.</p><p>(Sec. 2353) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Personal Responsibility Education Program. This program provides grants to states to educate young people about abstinence and contraception for prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program also supports pregnant and parenting youth.</p><p>TITLE IV-- BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p><p>(Sec. 2401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO Act), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.</p>

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text: <p><strong>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act</strong></p><p>This act provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief.</p><p>It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs.</p><p>DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024</p><p>This division provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act.</p><p>It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2024 begins on October 1, 2023.</p><p>The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.</p><p>This division also provides emergency funding to respond to natural disasters.</p><p>(Sec. 101) This section provides FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2023 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 FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2024 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 November 17, 2023, 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 FY2023 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 requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Emergency spending is generally exempt from discretionary spending limits.)</p><p>This section also extends other specified designations (e.g. disaster relief funds) to funds provided by this division. (These designations generally allow adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate additional spending for specified purposes.)</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.</p><p>(Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain activities for the Rural Housing Service's Rental Assistance 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, which 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 allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for Salaries and Expenses at the rate necessary to administer broadband programs.</p><p>(Sec. 122) This section extends the availability of specified funds that were provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Space Operations.</p><p>(Sec. 123) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission through the duration of the CR.</p><p>(Sec. 124) This section allows DOD to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine.</p><p>(Sec. 125) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD.</p><p>(Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Personnel Management for Salaries and Expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 127) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2023.</p><p>(Sec. 128) 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. 129) This section provides emergency funding to FEMA for the Disaster Relief Fund. It also requires specified funds to be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for related audits and activities.</p><p>(Sec. 130) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 17, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 131) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Protection System (commonly known as EINSTEIN) and related reporting requirements.</p><p>(Sec. 132) This section allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to apportion funds at the rate necessary to continue funding a base salary increase for federal wildland firefighters.</p><p>(Sec. 133) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.</p><p>(Sec. 134) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects.</p><p>(Sec. 135) This section extends the authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to hire certain Personal Service Contractors.</p><p>(Sec. 136) This section extends the term of a member of the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.</p><p>(Sec. 137) This section makes additional funding available to the Federal Aviation Administration for the personnel and related expenses funded by the Facilities and Equipment account.</p><p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS</p><p>TITLE I--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS</p><p>(Sec. 2101) This section extends through November 17, 2023, certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that provide grants and other financial assistance for the FSM.</p><p>The section also extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in the FSM and the Republic of the Marshall Islands until new federal programs and services agreements take effect.</p><p>(Sec. 2102) This section extends the deadlines for the Department of the Interior to issue proposed and final regulations pursuant to negotiated rulemaking for the Tribal Self-Governance Program. (The PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act revised Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. The act also authorized a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and promulgate regulations for its implementation.)</p><p>TITLE II--FAA EXTENSION</p><p>This title temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation&nbsp;Administration (FAA) programs and activities.</p><p>Subtitle A--Federal Aviation Programs</p><p>(Sec. 2201) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports.</p><p>(Sec. 2202) This section extends through December 31, 2023, certain expiring Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA authorities and programs.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide insurance and reinsurance for the federal government for risks from operating an aircraft and providing related goods or services.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement program to test and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate potential aviation safety risks posed by UAS.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, competitive access disclosure requirements for AIP grant applications for large and medium hub airports. Specifically, an airport must provide assurances to DOT that it will report if it has been unable to accommodate one or more requests by an air carrier for access to gates or other facilities at that airport in order to provide service or expanded service.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for AIP grants for airports located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.</p><p>This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for the FAA AIP supplementary discretionary funds for grants for airport or terminal development projects.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, AIP grant authorization for compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments. Airport-compatible land uses are those that can coexist with a nearby airport without constraining the safe and efficient operation of the airport, or exposing people living or working nearby to significant environmental impacts.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the AIP non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot grant program. These systems use on-airport sensors to track vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders on portions of the airfield surface that are not under the control of air traffic control.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the FAA weather reporting programs.</p><p>This section extends through January 1, 2024, a <em>learning period </em>(i.e., moratorium) that applies to certain DOT commercial spaceflight safety regulations governing the design or operation of a launch vehicle to protect the health and safety of crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, authority for DOT to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Interior for the purpose of funding airport development at Midway Island Airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the termination date for a final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility under the Essential Air Service Program using the most commonly used route between the place and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport. (DOT established the program to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.)</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the moratorium on discontinuing the FAA Contract Weather Observer Program at any airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA remote tower pilot program. A remote tower is a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all necessary system components, that provides the functions and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport from a location that may not be on or near the airport.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for DOT to provide AIP grants for airport access roads in certain remote locations and for storage facilities for certain snow removal and safety equipment.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA's UAS remote detection and identification pilot program. Under the program, the FAA uses available remote detection or identification technologies for safety oversight, including enforcement actions against operators of UAS that are not in compliance with federal aviation laws and regulations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, which advises DOT in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the requirement that the Aviation Consumer Advocate at DOT submit an annual report to Congress summarizing aviation consumer complaints and recommendations.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee to address the needs of passengers with disabilities.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for an FAA pilot program to provide air traffic control services on a preferential basis to aircraft equipped with certain Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) avionics.</p><p>This section extends through December 31, 2023, the pilot program that allows AIP funds to be used for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties.</p><p>(Sec. 2203) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, FAA salaries, operations, and maintenance.</p><p>Further, this section extends through December 31, 2023, DOT's authority to reduce the FAA's expenses for non-safety-related activities if DOT determines that the funding levels are insufficient to meet the FAA's authorized salary, operations and maintenance expenses.</p><p>(Sec. 2204) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities and equipment.</p><p>(Sec. 2205) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to conduct civil aviation research, engineering, and development.</p><p>(Sec. 2206) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the FAA Essential Air Service Program.</p><p>Further, this section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a DOT grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues.</p><p>Subtitle B--Aviation Revenue Provisions</p><p>(Sec. 2211) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 2212) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets.</p><p>Subtitle C--Expiring Counter-UAS 12 Authorities</p><p>(Sec. 2221) This section extends through November 18, 2023, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security 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>TITLE III--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p><p>Subtitle A--Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments</p><p>This subtitle reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect fees for brand-name and generic animal drug applications through FY2028. Animal drugs are drugs that are intended for animals other than humans (e.g., pets and livestock). Animal drugs must be approved by the FDA before they may be offered on the commercial market. The FDA is authorized to collect fees for animal drug applications in order to support its regulatory activities; this authority currently expires at the end of FY2023.</p><p>Chapter 1--Fees Relating to Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2302) This section updates statutory references to mutual agreements between the United States and the European Union regarding animal drug manufacturing to include specific mutual recognition agreements between the United States and the European Union and between the United States and the United Kingdom.</p><p>(Sec. 2303) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for brand-name animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations.</p><p>(Sec. 2304) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2305) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for brand-name animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2306) This section provides that the fee changes apply to brand-name animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2307) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Chapter 2--Fees Relating to Generic Animal Drugs</p><p><em>Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023</em></p><p>(Sec. 2312) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for generic animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. It also provides for a specific fee for requests to establish generic investigational new animal drug files and requires other application fees to be adjusted accordingly.</p><p>(Sec. 2313) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization.</p><p>(Sec. 2314) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for generic animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2315) This section provides that the fee changes apply to generic animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2316) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029.</p><p>Subtitle B--Public Health Extenders</p><p>(Sec. 2321) This section extends through November 17, 2023, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.)</p><p>(Sec. 2322) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.)</p><p>Subtitle C--Necessary Authorities to Respond to Threats</p><p>(Sec. 2331) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly appoint candidates to positions within the National Disaster Medical System if HHS determines the number of personnel in the system is insufficient to address a public health emergency or potential public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>The National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams.</p><p>(Sec. 2332) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023.</p><p>(Sec. 2333) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, and the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. Currently, these committees terminate on September 30, 2023.</p><p>Subtitle D--Medicaid</p><p>(Sec. 2341) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until November 18, 2023. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)</p><p>(Sec. 2342) This section reduces the amount of funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for activities relating to mechanized claims systems beginning in FY2028.</p><p>Subtitle E--Human Services</p><p>(Sec. 2351) This section funds through November 17, 2023, programs that support child welfare services and activities. Specifically, it funds the (1) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Service Program, which provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support preventive interventions and other activities to keep families together; and (2) the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which supports efforts to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanent living arrangements for children (e.g., parental reunification or adoption).</p><p>(Sec. 2352) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. This program supports projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activities.</p><p>(Sec. 2353) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Personal Responsibility Education Program. This program provides grants to states to educate young people about abstinence and contraception for prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program also supports pregnant and parenting youth.</p><p>TITLE IV-- BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p><p>(Sec. 2401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO Act), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.</p>

tv_txt: I One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three H. R. 5860 AN ACT Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Extensions and other matters Title II—FAA Extension Title III—Health and Human Services 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, 2024 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 2024, 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 2023 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 2023, 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, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 729, and including the matter under the headings Food for Peace Title II Grants and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants in title I of division M of Public Law 117–328 , the matter under the headings Agricultural Research Service—Buildings and Facilities , Food Safety and Inspection Service , Rural Housing Service— Rural Community Facilities Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $25,300,000 for $75,300,000 ), and Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $60,000,000 for $325,000,000 ) in title I of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and section 2102 in title I of such division N. (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 540, and except section 521(d)(1) shall be applied by substituting $122,572,000 for $705,768,000 , and including the matter under the headings Federal Prison System—Buildings and Facilities and National Science Foundation—STEM Education (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $92,000,000 for $217,000,000 ) in title II of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and the second paragraph under each of the headings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $42,000,000 for $62,000,000 ), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction , National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration , and National Science Foundation—Research and Related Activities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $608,162,000 for $818,162,000 ) in title II of such division N. (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public Law 117–328 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division D of Public Law 117–328 ), except the first proviso under the heading SPR Petroleum Account , and except the second paragraph under the heading Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program , and including the matter under the heading Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy in title III of division M of Public Law 117–328 and the second paragraph under each of the headings Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Construction and Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Operation and Maintenance in title IV of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 (division E of Public Law 117–328 ). (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 (division F of Public Law 117–328 ), section 2602 of title VI of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and title III of division O of Public Law 117–328 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division G of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 443, and including the second paragraph under each of the headings Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Related Agencies—Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management in title VII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division H of Public Law 117–328 ), section 145 of division A of Public Law 117–180 , and the second paragraph under the heading Administration for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance in title VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023 (division I of Public Law 117–328 ), and section 6 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 117–328 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division J of Public Law 117–328 ). (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 7069, and including the matter under the headings Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic Programs (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $87,054,000 for $147,054,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—International Disaster Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $637,902,000 for $937,902,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of State—Migration and Refugee Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $915,048,000 for $1,535,048,000 ), and International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $74,996,000 for $374,996,000 ) in title VII of division M of Public Law 117–328 . (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117–328 ), except sections 153 and 420, and including the matter under the headings Public and Indian Housing— Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Housing Programs—Project-Based Rental Assistance in title X of division N of Public Law 117–328 . 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 2023 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2023 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 2023. (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 2023. 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 2024, 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 2024 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) November 17, 2023. 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 2024 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 2023, except the matter under the heading Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund in title II of division J of Public Law 117–328 , 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 2023, 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 2023 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 2023, 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) (1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act from amounts provided by division M or N of Public Law 117–328 , each section or paragraph of an account providing each such amount, as applicable, shall be applied as if that section or paragraph ended with the following sentence: The amount provided herein is 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. . (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is designated by the Congress as being 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, respectively. (b) (1) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was specified to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of such concurrent resolution and section 1(g) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of such Act, respectively. (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act, respectively. (3) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Health and Human Services— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(h) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act, respectively. (4) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act, respectively. (c) Each amount designated in this Act 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 shall be available (or repurposed or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 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, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 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, 2023, 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. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949. 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, 2023 . 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Salaries and Expenses may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to administer broadband programs. 122. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ) under the heading National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Space Operations that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, respectively, are to remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 123. For purposes of 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, each reference in such section to 36 years or 36-year period shall be deemed a reference to 36 years and 17 days or 36-year and 17-day period , respectively. 124. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding) in an amount not to exceed $621,270,000 for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. 125. During the period covered by this Act, section 714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting four years for two years . 126. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division E of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $219,076,000 for $190,784,000 . 127. 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, 2023 (title IV of division E of Public Law 117–328 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25–161), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 128. 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. ). 129. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund , there is appropriated $16,000,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of the Inspector General—Operations and Support for audits and investigations of activities funded under Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund and $15,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ): Provided , That such amount is 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. 130. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 131. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . 132. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management shall be available for the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58 and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to continue to fund such base salary increase. 133. 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 2023, 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. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division J of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by substituting fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2018, and fiscal year 2019 for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 . 135. The authority provided by section 2401 of the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117–43 ) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the heading Bilateral Economic Assistance—Independent Agencies—Millennium Challenge Corporation in title III of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by inserting the following new provisos before the last proviso: Provided further , That the member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B)(ii) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B)(ii) ), whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall continue to serve in such appointment until March 31, 2024: Provided further , That in the event that a new member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B) ) is appointed prior to March 31, 2024, the term of the member of the Board whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall terminate as of the date of such appointment: . 137. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment in title I of division L of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $617,000,000 for $570,000,000 and substituting $2,174,200,000 for $2,221,200,000 . B Other Matters I Extensions and other matters 2101. Extension of certain provisions of the compact of free association with the federated states of micronesia and the federal program and services agreements with the federated states of micronesia and the republic of the marshall islands (a) Grant and other financial assistance (1) In general During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, any activities described in sections 211, 212, and 215 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreements described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 462(b) of that Compact. (2) Funding There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the activities authorized under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for those activities for fiscal year 2023. (b) Federal programs and services During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the applicable country enters into force, any activities described in sections 131, 132, and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) and sections 131, 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 the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of that Act and the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act, respectively. 2102. Extension of deadline to promulgate certain regulations Section 413(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5373(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 months and inserting 38 months ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking 30 months and inserting 50 months . II FAA Extension A Federal Aviation Programs 2201. Airport improvement program (a) Authorization of appropriations Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking the and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) $842,076,502 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (b) Obligation authority Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) may be obligated at any time through September 30, 2024, and shall remain available until expended. (c) Program implementation For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— (1) first calculate such funding apportionments on an annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2024 was $3,350,000,000; and (2) then reduce by 75 percent— (A) all funding apportionment amounts calculated under paragraph (1); and (B) amounts made available pursuant to subsections (b) and (f)(2) of section 47117 of such title. (d) Extension of project grant authority Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking September 30, 2023, and inserting December 31, 2023, . (e) Extension of special rule for apportionments Section 47114(c)(1)(J) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 to and inserting 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, to . 2202. Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations (a) Authority to provide insurance Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Unmanned aircraft test ranges Section 44803(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems Section 44807(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (d) Extension of airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement Section 44810(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (e) Competitive access reporting requirement Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (f) Marshall islands, micronesia, and palau Section 47115(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (g) Supplemental discretionary funds Section 47115(j)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: (vi) $140,401,803 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (h) Compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (i) Non-movement area surveillance pilot program Section 47143(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (j) Weather reporting programs Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) $9,803,278 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (k) Learning period Section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (l) Midway island airport Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( Public Law 108–176 ; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (m) Final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (n) Contract weather observers Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (o) Remote tower pilot program Section 161(a)(10) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47104 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (p) Airport access roads in remote locations; storage facilities for snow removal equipment Section 162 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47102 note) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (q) UAS remote detection and identification pilot program Section 372(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44810 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (r) Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 42301 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (s) Aviation consumer advocate Section 424(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 42302 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (t) Advisory committee on air travel needs of passengers with disabilities Section 439(g) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 41705 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (u) Enhanced traffic services Section 547(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 40103 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (v) Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . 2203. Federal aviation administration operations Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (E) by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) $2,995,027,322 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. ; and (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . 2204. Air navigation facilities and equipment Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) $740,273,224 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2205. Research, engineering, and development Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (14), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (15) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (16) $64,098,360 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2206. Small community air service (a) Essential air service authorization Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2023, and $89,191,486 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, . (b) Airports not receiving sufficient service Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and $2,513,661 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . B Aviation Revenue Provisions 2211. Expenditure authority from airport and airway trust fund (a) In general Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 ; and (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting or title II of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act; . (b) Conforming amendment Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . 2212. Extension of taxes funding airport and airway trust fund (a) Fuel taxes Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Ticket taxes (1) Persons Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Property Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Fractional ownership programs (1) Fuel tax Section 4043(d) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Treatment as noncommercial aviation Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (3) Exemption from ticket tax Section 4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . C Expiring Counter-UAS Authorities 2221. 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 on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section and inserting on November 18, 2023 . III Health and Human Services A Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments 1 Fees relating to animal drugs 2301. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the animal drug development process and the review of new and supplemental animal drug applications and investigational animal drug submissions as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2302. Definitions Section 739 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking national drug code and inserting National Drug Code ; and (2) by amending paragraph (8)(I) to read as follows: (I) The activities necessary for implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. . 2303. Authority to assess and use animal drug fees (a) In general Section 740(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 12(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (III) an application for conditional approval under section 571 of a new animal drug for which an animal drug application submitted under section 512(b)(1) has been previously approved under section 512(d)(1) for another intended use. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 740(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(b)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) In general Subject to subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g), for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be established to generate a total revenue amount of $33,500,000. . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 740(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting Not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall— (A) establish for that fiscal year animal drug application fees, supplemental animal drug application fees, animal drug sponsor fees, animal drug establishment fees, and animal drug product fees based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (B) publish such fee revenue amounts and fees in the Federal Register. . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 740(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustments Section 740(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (I) by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (II) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting subparagraph (B) ; (ii) in clause (i) by striking and at the end; and (iii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) such adjustment shall be made for each fiscal year that the adjustment determined by the Secretary is greater than 3 percent, except for the first fiscal year that the adjustment is greater than 3 percent; and (iii) the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the amount of such adjustment and the supporting methodologies. ; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (4) Final year adjustment Section 740(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Operating reserve adjustment (A) In general For fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, after the fee revenue amount established under subsection (b) is adjusted in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall— (i) increase the fee revenue amount for such fiscal year, if necessary to provide an operating reserve of not less than 12 weeks; or (ii) if the Secretary has an operating reserve in excess of the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall decrease the fee revenue amount to provide not more than the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year. (B) Carryover user fees For purposes of this paragraph, the operating reserve of carryover user fees for the process for the review of animal drug applications does not include carryover user fees that have not been appropriated. (C) Number of weeks of operating reserves The number of weeks of operating reserves specified in this subparagraph is— (i) 22 weeks for fiscal year 2025; (ii) 20 weeks for fiscal year 2026; (iii) 18 weeks for fiscal year 2027; and (iv) 16 weeks for fiscal year 2028. (D) Publication If an adjustment to the operating reserve is made under this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the rationale for the amount of the adjustment and the supporting methodologies. . (d) Exemption from fees Section 740(d)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(d)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Exemption from fees Fees under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any person who is the named applicant or sponsor of an animal drug application, supplemental animal drug application, or investigational animal drug submission if such application or submission involves the intentional genomic alteration of an animal that is intended to produce a drug, device, or biological product subject to fees under section 736, 738, 744B, or 744H. . (e) Crediting and availability of fees (1) Authorization of appropriations Section 740(g)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g)(3) ) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 . (2) Collection shortfalls Section 740(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and paragraph (5) ; and (B) by striking paragraph (5). 2304. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 . 2305. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2306. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act. 2307. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Sections 739 and 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ; 379j–12) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 107 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. 2 Fees relating to generic animal drugs 2311. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2312. Authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees (a) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee Section 741(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee (A) In general (i) New file request Each person that submits a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee as established under subsection (c). (ii) New submission to established file Each person that makes a submission to a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, where such file was established prior to October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee for the first submission on or after October 1, 2023, as established under subsection (c). (B) Payment (i) New file request The fee required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be due upon submission of the request to establish the generic investigational new animal drug file. (ii) New submission to established file The fee required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be due upon the first submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file. (C) Exceptions (i) Terminating an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to terminate that file, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. (ii) Transferring an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to transfer that file to a different generic new animal drug sponsor, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 741(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; and (B) by striking $18,336,340 and inserting $25,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking 25 percent and inserting 20 percent ; and (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: and fees under subsection (a)(4) (relating to generic investigational new animal drug files) ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent ; and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 741(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting The Secretary shall establish, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, for that fiscal year— (A) abbreviated application fees that are based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b), the adjustments provided under this subsection, and the amount of fees anticipated to be collected under subsection (a)(4) during that fiscal year; (B) generic new animal drug sponsor fees, and generic new animal drug product fees, based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (C) a generic investigational new animal drug file fee of $50,000 for each request or submission described in subsection (a)(4)(A). . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 741(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustment Section 741(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; (ii) in clause (i)— (I) by striking and investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions and inserting investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions, requests to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file, and generic investigational new animal drug meeting requests ; and (II) by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) if the workload adjustment calculated by the Secretary under clause (i) exceeds 25 percent, the Secretary shall use 25 percent for the adjustment; and ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2021 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (4) Final year adjustment Section 741(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(4) ) is amended— (A) by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 ; and (B) by striking 2024 and inserting 2029 . (d) Fee waiver or reduction; exemption from fees Subsection (d) of section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Fee waiver or reduction The Secretary shall grant a waiver from, or a reduction of, one or more fees assessed under subsection (a) where the Secretary finds that the generic new animal drug is intended solely to provide for a minor use or minor species indication. . (e) Effect of failure to pay fees Section 741(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(e) ) is amended by striking The Secretary may discontinue and inserting A request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file that is submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for action by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid. The Secretary may discontinue . (f) Assessment of fees Section 741(f)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(f)(2)) is amended by striking sponsors, and generic new animal drug products at any time and inserting products, generic new animal drug sponsors, and generic investigational new animal drug files at any time . (g) Crediting and availability of fees Section 741(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; (2) by striking the second paragraph (4) (relating to Offset), as added by section 202 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 ( Public Law 113–14 ); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) Recovery of collection shortfalls The amount of fees otherwise authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased— (A) for fiscal year 2026, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2024 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2024 under paragraph (3); (B) for fiscal year 2027, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2025 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2025 under paragraph (3); and (C) for fiscal year 2028, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (including estimated collections for fiscal year 2027) falls below the amount of fees authorized for such fiscal years under paragraph (3). . (h) Definitions Section 741(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(k) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (13), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Generic investigational new animal drug meeting request The term generic investigational new animal drug meeting request means a request submitted by a generic new animal drug sponsor to meet with the Secretary to discuss an investigational submission for a generic new animal drug. ; (3) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following: (I) The activities necessary for exploration and implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to generic new animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. ; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following: (12) Request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file The term request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file means the submission to the Secretary of a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file to contain investigational submissions for a generic new animal drug. . 2313. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–22 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 . 2314. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2315. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of enactment of this Act. 2316. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 22) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 206 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. B Public Health Extenders 2321. Extension for community health centers, national health service corps, and teaching health centers that operate gme programs (a) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Section 340H(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $126,500,000 and inserting $126,500,000 ; and (2) by inserting and $16,635,616 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, before to remain available . (b) Extension for community health centers Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $4,000,000,000 and inserting , $4,000,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting , and $526,027,397 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 before the semicolon. (c) Extension for the national health service corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (I) $40,767,123 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. . (d) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. ). (e) Technical and conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Other Extensions Act,, and inserting Other Extensions Act, ; and (2) by striking and section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. and inserting section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and section 2321(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2322. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for indians Section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . C Necessary Authorities To Respond to Threats 2331. Extension of authority to make certain appointments of national disaster medical system personnel Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2332. Temporary reassignment of state and local personnel during a public health emergency Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2333. Extension of national advisory committees (a) National advisory committee on children and disasters Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (b) National advisory committee on seniors and disasters Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (c) National advisory committee on individuals with disabilities and disasters Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . D Medicaid 2341. DSH delay Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting For the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 ; and (B) in subclauses (I) and (II), by inserting or period after the fiscal year each place it appears; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting for the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. . 2342. Mif reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $7,000,000,000 and inserting $6,357,117,810 . E Human Services 2351. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through November 17, 2023, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2023, 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. 2352. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) by inserting (or, with respect to such period, for fiscal year 2024) after for the fiscal year ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or period after fiscal year each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1) after 2023 ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (or, with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1)) after for the fiscal year ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1), after 2023, . 2353. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) in clause (i), by inserting or period after for the fiscal year ; (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting the following after the period: The previous sentence shall not apply with respect to State allotments under this paragraph for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. ; and (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (I) by inserting or the period described in subparagraph (A) after for a fiscal year ; and (II) by inserting or period after the fiscal year ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting or the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after for a fiscal year ; and (ii) by inserting or period after such fiscal year ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after fiscal years 2010 through 2023 ; (ii) by inserting and for the period so described after fiscal years 2012 through 2023 ; and (iii) by inserting or the period so described after for a fiscal year ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking From and inserting Subject to paragraph (3), from ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Exception Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (f) for the period described in subsection (a)(1)(A). ; and (3) in subsection (f), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 . IV Budgetary Effects 2401. 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: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5860 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Received AN ACT Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Extensions and other matters Title II—FAA Extension Title III—Health and Human Services 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, 2024 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 2024, 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 2023 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 2023, 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, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 729, and including the matter under the headings Food for Peace Title II Grants and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants in title I of division M of Public Law 117–328 , the matter under the headings Agricultural Research Service—Buildings and Facilities , Food Safety and Inspection Service , Rural Housing Service— Rural Community Facilities Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $25,300,000 for $75,300,000 ), and Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $60,000,000 for $325,000,000 ) in title I of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and section 2102 in title I of such division N. (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 540, and except section 521(d)(1) shall be applied by substituting $122,572,000 for $705,768,000 , and including the matter under the headings Federal Prison System—Buildings and Facilities and National Science Foundation—STEM Education (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $92,000,000 for $217,000,000 ) in title II of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and the second paragraph under each of the headings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $42,000,000 for $62,000,000 ), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction , National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration , and National Science Foundation—Research and Related Activities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $608,162,000 for $818,162,000 ) in title II of such division N. (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public Law 117–328 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division D of Public Law 117–328 ), except the first proviso under the heading SPR Petroleum Account , and except the second paragraph under the heading Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program , and including the matter under the heading Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy in title III of division M of Public Law 117–328 and the second paragraph under each of the headings Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Construction and Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Operation and Maintenance in title IV of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 (division E of Public Law 117–328 ). (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 (division F of Public Law 117–328 ), section 2602 of title VI of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and title III of division O of Public Law 117–328 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division G of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 443, and including the second paragraph under each of the headings Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Related Agencies—Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management in title VII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division H of Public Law 117–328 ), section 145 of division A of Public Law 117–180 , and the second paragraph under the heading Administration for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance in title VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023 (division I of Public Law 117–328 ), and section 6 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 117–328 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division J of Public Law 117–328 ). (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 7069, and including the matter under the headings Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic Programs (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $87,054,000 for $147,054,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—International Disaster Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $637,902,000 for $937,902,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of State—Migration and Refugee Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $915,048,000 for $1,535,048,000 ), and International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $74,996,000 for $374,996,000 ) in title VII of division M of Public Law 117–328 . (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117–328 ), except sections 153 and 420, and including the matter under the headings Public and Indian Housing— Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Housing Programs—Project-Based Rental Assistance in title X of division N of Public Law 117–328 . 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 2023 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2023 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 2023. (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 2023. 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 2024, 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 2024 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) November 17, 2023. 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 2024 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 2023, except the matter under the heading Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund in title II of division J of Public Law 117–328 , 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 2023, 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 2023 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 2023, 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) (1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act from amounts provided by division M or N of Public Law 117–328 , each section or paragraph of an account providing each such amount, as applicable, shall be applied as if that section or paragraph ended with the following sentence: The amount provided herein is 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. . (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is designated by the Congress as being 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, respectively. (b) (1) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was specified to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of such concurrent resolution and section 1(g) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of such Act, respectively. (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act, respectively. (3) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Health and Human Services— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(h) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act, respectively. (4) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act, respectively. (c) Each amount designated in this Act 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 shall be available (or repurposed or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 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, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 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, 2023, 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. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949. 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, 2023 . 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Salaries and Expenses may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to administer broadband programs. 122. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ) under the heading National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Space Operations that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, respectively, are to remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 123. For purposes of 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, each reference in such section to 36 years or 36-year period shall be deemed a reference to 36 years and 17 days or 36-year and 17-day period , respectively. 124. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding) in an amount not to exceed $621,270,000 for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. 125. During the period covered by this Act, section 714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting four years for two years . 126. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division E of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $219,076,000 for $190,784,000 . 127. 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, 2023 (title IV of division E of Public Law 117–328 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25–161), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 128. 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. ). 129. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund , there is appropriated $16,000,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of the Inspector General—Operations and Support for audits and investigations of activities funded under Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund and $15,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ): Provided , That such amount is 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. 130. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 131. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . 132. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management shall be available for the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58 and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to continue to fund such base salary increase. 133. 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 2023, 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. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division J of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by substituting fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2018, and fiscal year 2019 for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 . 135. The authority provided by section 2401 of the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117–43 ) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the heading Bilateral Economic Assistance—Independent Agencies—Millennium Challenge Corporation in title III of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by inserting the following new provisos before the last proviso: Provided further , That the member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B)(ii) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B)(ii) ), whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall continue to serve in such appointment until March 31, 2024: Provided further , That in the event that a new member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B) ) is appointed prior to March 31, 2024, the term of the member of the Board whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall terminate as of the date of such appointment: . 137. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment in title I of division L of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $617,000,000 for $570,000,000 and substituting $2,174,200,000 for $2,221,200,000 . B Other Matters I Extensions and other matters 2101. Extension of certain provisions of the compact of free association with the federated states of micronesia and the federal program and services agreements with the federated states of micronesia and the republic of the marshall islands (a) Grant and other financial assistance (1) In general During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, any activities described in sections 211, 212, and 215 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreements described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 462(b) of that Compact. (2) Funding There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the activities authorized under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for those activities for fiscal year 2023. (b) Federal programs and services During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the applicable country enters into force, any activities described in sections 131, 132, and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) and sections 131, 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 the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of that Act and the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act, respectively. 2102. Extension of deadline to promulgate certain regulations Section 413(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5373(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 months and inserting 38 months ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking 30 months and inserting 50 months . II FAA Extension A Federal Aviation Programs 2201. Airport improvement program (a) Authorization of appropriations Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking the and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) $842,076,502 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (b) Obligation authority Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) may be obligated at any time through September 30, 2024, and shall remain available until expended. (c) Program implementation For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— (1) first calculate such funding apportionments on an annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2024 was $3,350,000,000; and (2) then reduce by 75 percent— (A) all funding apportionment amounts calculated under paragraph (1); and (B) amounts made available pursuant to subsections (b) and (f)(2) of section 47117 of such title. (d) Extension of project grant authority Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking September 30, 2023, and inserting December 31, 2023, . (e) Extension of special rule for apportionments Section 47114(c)(1)(J) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 to and inserting 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, to . 2202. Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations (a) Authority to provide insurance Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Unmanned aircraft test ranges Section 44803(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems Section 44807(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (d) Extension of airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement Section 44810(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (e) Competitive access reporting requirement Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (f) Marshall islands, micronesia, and palau Section 47115(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (g) Supplemental discretionary funds Section 47115(j)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: (vi) $140,401,803 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (h) Compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (i) Non-movement area surveillance pilot program Section 47143(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (j) Weather reporting programs Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) $9,803,278 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (k) Learning period Section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (l) Midway island airport Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( Public Law 108–176 ; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (m) Final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (n) Contract weather observers Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (o) Remote tower pilot program Section 161(a)(10) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47104 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (p) Airport access roads in remote locations; storage facilities for snow removal equipment Section 162 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47102 note) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (q) UAS remote detection and identification pilot program Section 372(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44810 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (r) Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 42301 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (s) Aviation consumer advocate Section 424(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 42302 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (t) Advisory committee on air travel needs of passengers with disabilities Section 439(g) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 41705 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (u) Enhanced traffic services Section 547(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 40103 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (v) Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . 2203. Federal aviation administration operations Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (E) by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) $2,995,027,322 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. ; and (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . 2204. Air navigation facilities and equipment Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) $740,273,224 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2205. Research, engineering, and development Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (14), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (15) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (16) $64,098,360 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2206. Small community air service (a) Essential air service authorization Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2023, and $89,191,486 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, . (b) Airports not receiving sufficient service Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and $2,513,661 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . B Aviation Revenue Provisions 2211. Expenditure authority from airport and airway trust fund (a) In general Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 ; and (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting or title II of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act; . (b) Conforming amendment Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . 2212. Extension of taxes funding airport and airway trust fund (a) Fuel taxes Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Ticket taxes (1) Persons Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Property Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Fractional ownership programs (1) Fuel tax Section 4043(d) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Treatment as noncommercial aviation Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (3) Exemption from ticket tax Section 4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . C Expiring Counter-UAS Authorities 2221. 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 on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section and inserting on November 18, 2023 . III Health and Human Services A Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments 1 Fees relating to animal drugs 2301. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the animal drug development process and the review of new and supplemental animal drug applications and investigational animal drug submissions as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2302. Definitions Section 739 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking national drug code and inserting National Drug Code ; and (2) by amending paragraph (8)(I) to read as follows: (I) The activities necessary for implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. . 2303. Authority to assess and use animal drug fees (a) In general Section 740(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 12(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (III) an application for conditional approval under section 571 of a new animal drug for which an animal drug application submitted under section 512(b)(1) has been previously approved under section 512(d)(1) for another intended use. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 740(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(b)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) In general Subject to subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g), for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be established to generate a total revenue amount of $33,500,000. . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 740(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting Not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall— (A) establish for that fiscal year animal drug application fees, supplemental animal drug application fees, animal drug sponsor fees, animal drug establishment fees, and animal drug product fees based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (B) publish such fee revenue amounts and fees in the Federal Register. . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 740(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustments Section 740(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (I) by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (II) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting subparagraph (B) ; (ii) in clause (i) by striking and at the end; and (iii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) such adjustment shall be made for each fiscal year that the adjustment determined by the Secretary is greater than 3 percent, except for the first fiscal year that the adjustment is greater than 3 percent; and (iii) the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the amount of such adjustment and the supporting methodologies. ; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (4) Final year adjustment Section 740(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Operating reserve adjustment (A) In general For fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, after the fee revenue amount established under subsection (b) is adjusted in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall— (i) increase the fee revenue amount for such fiscal year, if necessary to provide an operating reserve of not less than 12 weeks; or (ii) if the Secretary has an operating reserve in excess of the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall decrease the fee revenue amount to provide not more than the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year. (B) Carryover user fees For purposes of this paragraph, the operating reserve of carryover user fees for the process for the review of animal drug applications does not include carryover user fees that have not been appropriated. (C) Number of weeks of operating reserves The number of weeks of operating reserves specified in this subparagraph is— (i) 22 weeks for fiscal year 2025; (ii) 20 weeks for fiscal year 2026; (iii) 18 weeks for fiscal year 2027; and (iv) 16 weeks for fiscal year 2028. (D) Publication If an adjustment to the operating reserve is made under this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the rationale for the amount of the adjustment and the supporting methodologies. . (d) Exemption from fees Section 740(d)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(d)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Exemption from fees Fees under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any person who is the named applicant or sponsor of an animal drug application, supplemental animal drug application, or investigational animal drug submission if such application or submission involves the intentional genomic alteration of an animal that is intended to produce a drug, device, or biological product subject to fees under section 736, 738, 744B, or 744H. . (e) Crediting and availability of fees (1) Authorization of appropriations Section 740(g)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g)(3) ) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 . (2) Collection shortfalls Section 740(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and paragraph (5) ; and (B) by striking paragraph (5). 2304. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 . 2305. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2306. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act. 2307. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Sections 739 and 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ; 379j–12) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 107 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. 2 Fees relating to generic animal drugs 2311. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2312. Authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees (a) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee Section 741(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee (A) In general (i) New file request Each person that submits a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee as established under subsection (c). (ii) New submission to established file Each person that makes a submission to a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, where such file was established prior to October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee for the first submission on or after October 1, 2023, as established under subsection (c). (B) Payment (i) New file request The fee required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be due upon submission of the request to establish the generic investigational new animal drug file. (ii) New submission to established file The fee required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be due upon the first submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file. (C) Exceptions (i) Terminating an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to terminate that file, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. (ii) Transferring an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to transfer that file to a different generic new animal drug sponsor, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 741(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; and (B) by striking $18,336,340 and inserting $25,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking 25 percent and inserting 20 percent ; and (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: and fees under subsection (a)(4) (relating to generic investigational new animal drug files) ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent ; and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 741(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting The Secretary shall establish, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, for that fiscal year— (A) abbreviated application fees that are based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b), the adjustments provided under this subsection, and the amount of fees anticipated to be collected under subsection (a)(4) during that fiscal year; (B) generic new animal drug sponsor fees, and generic new animal drug product fees, based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (C) a generic investigational new animal drug file fee of $50,000 for each request or submission described in subsection (a)(4)(A). . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 741(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustment Section 741(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; (ii) in clause (i)— (I) by striking and investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions and inserting investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions, requests to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file, and generic investigational new animal drug meeting requests ; and (II) by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) if the workload adjustment calculated by the Secretary under clause (i) exceeds 25 percent, the Secretary shall use 25 percent for the adjustment; and ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2021 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (4) Final year adjustment Section 741(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(4) ) is amended— (A) by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 ; and (B) by striking 2024 and inserting 2029 . (d) Fee waiver or reduction; exemption from fees Subsection (d) of section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Fee waiver or reduction The Secretary shall grant a waiver from, or a reduction of, one or more fees assessed under subsection (a) where the Secretary finds that the generic new animal drug is intended solely to provide for a minor use or minor species indication. . (e) Effect of failure to pay fees Section 741(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(e) ) is amended by striking The Secretary may discontinue and inserting A request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file that is submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for action by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid. The Secretary may discontinue . (f) Assessment of fees Section 741(f)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(f)(2)) is amended by striking sponsors, and generic new animal drug products at any time and inserting products, generic new animal drug sponsors, and generic investigational new animal drug files at any time . (g) Crediting and availability of fees Section 741(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; (2) by striking the second paragraph (4) (relating to Offset), as added by section 202 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 ( Public Law 113–14 ); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) Recovery of collection shortfalls The amount of fees otherwise authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased— (A) for fiscal year 2026, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2024 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2024 under paragraph (3); (B) for fiscal year 2027, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2025 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2025 under paragraph (3); and (C) for fiscal year 2028, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (including estimated collections for fiscal year 2027) falls below the amount of fees authorized for such fiscal years under paragraph (3). . (h) Definitions Section 741(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(k) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (13), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Generic investigational new animal drug meeting request The term generic investigational new animal drug meeting request means a request submitted by a generic new animal drug sponsor to meet with the Secretary to discuss an investigational submission for a generic new animal drug. ; (3) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following: (I) The activities necessary for exploration and implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to generic new animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. ; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following: (12) Request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file The term request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file means the submission to the Secretary of a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file to contain investigational submissions for a generic new animal drug. . 2313. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–22 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 . 2314. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2315. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of enactment of this Act. 2316. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 22) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 206 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. B Public Health Extenders 2321. Extension for community health centers, national health service corps, and teaching health centers that operate gme programs (a) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Section 340H(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $126,500,000 and inserting $126,500,000 ; and (2) by inserting and $16,635,616 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, before to remain available . (b) Extension for community health centers Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $4,000,000,000 and inserting , $4,000,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting , and $526,027,397 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 before the semicolon. (c) Extension for the national health service corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (I) $40,767,123 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. . (d) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. ). (e) Technical and conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Other Extensions Act,, and inserting Other Extensions Act, ; and (2) by striking and section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. and inserting section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and section 2321(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2322. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for indians Section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . C Necessary Authorities To Respond to Threats 2331. Extension of authority to make certain appointments of national disaster medical system personnel Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2332. Temporary reassignment of state and local personnel during a public health emergency Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2333. Extension of national advisory committees (a) National advisory committee on children and disasters Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (b) National advisory committee on seniors and disasters Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (c) National advisory committee on individuals with disabilities and disasters Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . D Medicaid 2341. DSH delay Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting For the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 ; and (B) in subclauses (I) and (II), by inserting or period after the fiscal year each place it appears; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting for the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. . 2342. Mif reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $7,000,000,000 and inserting $6,357,117,810 . E Human Services 2351. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through November 17, 2023, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2023, 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. 2352. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) by inserting (or, with respect to such period, for fiscal year 2024) after for the fiscal year ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or period after fiscal year each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1) after 2023 ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (or, with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1)) after for the fiscal year ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1), after 2023, . 2353. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) in clause (i), by inserting or period after for the fiscal year ; (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting the following after the period: The previous sentence shall not apply with respect to State allotments under this paragraph for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. ; and (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (I) by inserting or the period described in subparagraph (A) after for a fiscal year ; and (II) by inserting or period after the fiscal year ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting or the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after for a fiscal year ; and (ii) by inserting or period after such fiscal year ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after fiscal years 2010 through 2023 ; (ii) by inserting and for the period so described after fiscal years 2012 through 2023 ; and (iii) by inserting or the period so described after for a fiscal year ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking From and inserting Subject to paragraph (3), from ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Exception Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (f) for the period described in subsection (a)(1)(A). ; and (3) in subsection (f), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 . IV Budgetary Effects 2401. 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 30, 2023. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5860 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2023 Ms. Granger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committees on the Budget , and Ways and Means , 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; considered and passed A BILL Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Extensions and other matters Title II—FAA Extension Title III—Health and Human Services 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, 2024 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 2024, 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 2023 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 2023, 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, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 729, and including the matter under the headings Food for Peace Title II Grants and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants in title I of division M of Public Law 117–328 , the matter under the headings Agricultural Research Service—Buildings and Facilities , Food Safety and Inspection Service , Rural Housing Service— Rural Community Facilities Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $25,300,000 for $75,300,000 ), and Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $60,000,000 for $325,000,000 ) in title I of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and section 2102 in title I of such division N. (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 540, and except section 521(d)(1) shall be applied by substituting $122,572,000 for $705,768,000 , and including the matter under the headings Federal Prison System—Buildings and Facilities and National Science Foundation—STEM Education (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $92,000,000 for $217,000,000 ) in title II of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and the second paragraph under each of the headings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $42,000,000 for $62,000,000 ), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction , National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration , and National Science Foundation—Research and Related Activities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $608,162,000 for $818,162,000 ) in title II of such division N. (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public Law 117–328 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division D of Public Law 117–328 ), except the first proviso under the heading SPR Petroleum Account , and except the second paragraph under the heading Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program , and including the matter under the heading Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy in title III of division M of Public Law 117–328 and the second paragraph under each of the headings Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Construction and Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Operation and Maintenance in title IV of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 (division E of Public Law 117–328 ). (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 (division F of Public Law 117–328 ), section 2602 of title VI of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and title III of division O of Public Law 117–328 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division G of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 443, and including the second paragraph under each of the headings Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Related Agencies—Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management in title VII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division H of Public Law 117–328 ), section 145 of division A of Public Law 117–180 , and the second paragraph under the heading Administration for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance in title VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023 (division I of Public Law 117–328 ). (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division J of Public Law 117–328 ). (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 7069, and including the matter under the headings Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic Programs (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $87,054,000 for $147,054,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—International Disaster Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $637,902,000 for $937,902,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of State—Migration and Refugee Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $915,048,000 for $1,535,048,000 ), and International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $74,996,000 for $374,996,000 ) in title VII of division M of Public Law 117–328 . (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117–328 ), except sections 153 and 420, and including the matter under the headings Public and Indian Housing— Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Housing Programs—Project-Based Rental Assistance in title X of division N of Public Law 117–328 . 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 2023 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2023 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 2023. (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 2023. 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 2024, 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 2024 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) November 17, 2023. 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 2024 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 2023, except the matter under the heading Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund in title II of division J of Public Law 117–328 , 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 2023, 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 2023 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 2023, 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) (1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act from amounts provided by division M or N of Public Law 117–328 , each section or paragraph of an account providing each such amount, as applicable, shall be applied as if that section or paragraph ended with the following sentence: The amount provided herein is 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. . (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is designated by the Congress as being 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, respectively. (b) (1) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was specified to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of such concurrent resolution and section 1(g) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of such Act, respectively. (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act, respectively. (3) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Health and Human Services— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(h) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act, respectively. (4) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act, respectively. (c) Each amount designated in this Act 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 shall be available (or repurposed or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 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, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 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, 2023, 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. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949. 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, 2023 . 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Salaries and Expenses may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to administer broadband programs. 122. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ) under the heading National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Space Operations that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, respectively, are to remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 123. For purposes of 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, each reference in such section to 36 years or 36-year period shall be deemed a reference to 36 years and 17 days or 36-year and 17-day period , respectively. 124. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding) in an amount not to exceed $621,270,000 for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. 125. During the period covered by this Act, section 714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting four years for two years . 126. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division E of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $219,076,000 for $190,784,000 . 127. 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, 2023 (title IV of division E of Public Law 117–328 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25–161), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 128. 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. ). 129. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund , there is appropriated $16,000,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of the Inspector General—Operations and Support for audits and investigations of activities funded under Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund and $15,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ): Provided , That such amount is 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. 130. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 131. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . 132. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management shall be available for the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58 and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to continue to fund such base salary increase. 133. 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 2023, 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. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division J of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by substituting fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2018, and fiscal year 2019 for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 . 135. The authority provided by section 2401 of the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117–43 ) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the heading Bilateral Economic Assistance—Independent Agencies—Millennium Challenge Corporation in title III of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by inserting the following new provisos before the last proviso: Provided further , That the member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B)(ii) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B)(ii) ), whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall continue to serve in such appointment until March 31, 2024: Provided further , That in the event that a new member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B) ) is appointed prior to March 31, 2024, the term of the member of the Board whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall terminate as of the date of such appointment: . 137. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment in title I of division L of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $617,000,000 for $570,000,000 and substituting $2,174,200,000 for $2,221,200,000 . B Other Matters I Extensions and other matters 2101. Extension of certain provisions of the compact of free association with the federated states of micronesia and the federal program and services agreements with the federated states of micronesia and the republic of the marshall islands (a) Grant and other financial assistance (1) In general During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, any activities described in sections 211, 212, and 215 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreements described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 462(b) of that Compact. (2) Funding There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the activities authorized under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for those activities for fiscal year 2023. (b) Federal programs and services During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the applicable country enters into force, any activities described in sections 131, 132, and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) and sections 131, 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 the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of that Act and the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act, respectively. 2102. Extension of deadline to promulgate certain regulations Section 413(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5373(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 months and inserting 38 months ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking 30 months and inserting 50 months . II FAA Extension A Federal Aviation Programs 2201. Airport improvement program (a) Authorization of appropriations Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking the and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) $842,076,502 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (b) Obligation authority Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) may be obligated at any time through September 30, 2024, and shall remain available until expended. (c) Program implementation For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— (1) first calculate such funding apportionments on an annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2024 was $3,350,000,000; and (2) then reduce by 75 percent— (A) all funding apportionment amounts calculated under paragraph (1); and (B) amounts made available pursuant to subsections (b) and (f)(2) of section 47117 of such title. (d) Extension of project grant authority Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking September 30, 2023, and inserting December 31, 2023, . (e) Extension of special rule for apportionments Section 47114(c)(1)(J) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 to and inserting 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, to . 2202. Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations (a) Authority to provide insurance Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Unmanned aircraft test ranges Section 44803(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems Section 44807(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (d) Extension of airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement Section 44810(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (e) Competitive access reporting requirement Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (f) Marshall islands, micronesia, and palau Section 47115(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (g) Supplemental discretionary funds Section 47115(j)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: (vi) $140,401,803 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (h) Compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (i) Non-movement area surveillance pilot program Section 47143(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (j) Weather reporting programs Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) $9,803,278 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (k) Learning period Section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (l) Midway island airport Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( Public Law 108–176 ; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (m) Final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (n) Contract weather observers Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (o) Remote tower pilot program Section 161(a)(10) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47104 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (p) Airport access roads in remote locations; storage facilities for snow removal equipment Section 162 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47102 note) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (q) UAS remote detection and identification pilot program Section 372(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44810 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (r) Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 42301 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (s) Aviation consumer advocate Section 424(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 42302 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (t) Advisory committee on air travel needs of passengers with disabilities Section 439(g) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 41705 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (u) Enhanced traffic services Section 547(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 40103 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (v) Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . 2203. Federal aviation administration operations Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (E) by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) $2,995,027,322 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. ; and (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . 2204. Air navigation facilities and equipment Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) $740,273,224 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2205. Research, engineering, and development Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (14), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (15) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (16) $64,098,360 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2206. Small community air service (a) Essential air service authorization Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2023, and $89,191,486 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, . (b) Airports not receiving sufficient service Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and $2,513,661 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . B Aviation Revenue Provisions 2211. Expenditure authority from airport and airway trust fund (a) In general Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 ; and (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting or title II of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act; . (b) Conforming amendment Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . 2212. Extension of taxes funding airport and airway trust fund (a) Fuel taxes Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Ticket taxes (1) Persons Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Property Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Fractional ownership programs (1) Fuel tax Section 4043(d) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Treatment as noncommercial aviation Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (3) Exemption from ticket tax Section 4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . C Expiring Counter-UAS Authorities 2221. 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 on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section and inserting on November 18, 2023 . III Health and Human Services A Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments 1 Fees relating to animal drugs 2301. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the animal drug development process and the review of new and supplemental animal drug applications and investigational animal drug submissions as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2302. Definitions Section 739 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking national drug code and inserting National Drug Code ; and (2) by amending paragraph (8)(I) to read as follows: (I) The activities necessary for implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. . 2303. Authority to assess and use animal drug fees (a) In general Section 740(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 12(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (III) an application for conditional approval under section 571 of a new animal drug for which an animal drug application submitted under section 512(b)(1) has been previously approved under section 512(d)(1) for another intended use. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 740(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(b)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) In general Subject to subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g), for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be established to generate a total revenue amount of $33,500,000. . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 740(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting Not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall— (A) establish for that fiscal year animal drug application fees, supplemental animal drug application fees, animal drug sponsor fees, animal drug establishment fees, and animal drug product fees based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (B) publish such fee revenue amounts and fees in the Federal Register. . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 740(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustments Section 740(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (I) by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (II) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting subparagraph (B) ; (ii) in clause (i) by striking and at the end; and (iii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) such adjustment shall be made for each fiscal year that the adjustment determined by the Secretary is greater than 3 percent, except for the first fiscal year that the adjustment is greater than 3 percent; and (iii) the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the amount of such adjustment and the supporting methodologies. ; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (4) Final year adjustment Section 740(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Operating reserve adjustment (A) In general For fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, after the fee revenue amount established under subsection (b) is adjusted in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall— (i) increase the fee revenue amount for such fiscal year, if necessary to provide an operating reserve of not less than 12 weeks; or (ii) if the Secretary has an operating reserve in excess of the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall decrease the fee revenue amount to provide not more than the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year. (B) Carryover user fees For purposes of this paragraph, the operating reserve of carryover user fees for the process for the review of animal drug applications does not include carryover user fees that have not been appropriated. (C) Number of weeks of operating reserves The number of weeks of operating reserves specified in this subparagraph is— (i) 22 weeks for fiscal year 2025; (ii) 20 weeks for fiscal year 2026; (iii) 18 weeks for fiscal year 2027; and (iv) 16 weeks for fiscal year 2028. (D) Publication If an adjustment to the operating reserve is made under this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the rationale for the amount of the adjustment and the supporting methodologies. . (d) Exemption from fees Section 740(d)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(d)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Exemption from fees Fees under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any person who is the named applicant or sponsor of an animal drug application, supplemental animal drug application, or investigational animal drug submission if such application or submission involves the intentional genomic alteration of an animal that is intended to produce a drug, device, or biological product subject to fees under section 736, 738, 744B, or 744H. . (e) Crediting and availability of fees (1) Authorization of appropriations Section 740(g)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g)(3) ) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 . (2) Collection shortfalls Section 740(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and paragraph (5) ; and (B) by striking paragraph (5). 2304. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 . 2305. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2306. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act. 2307. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Sections 739 and 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ; 379j–12) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 107 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. 2 Fees relating to generic animal drugs 2311. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2312. Authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees (a) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee Section 741(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee (A) In general (i) New file request Each person that submits a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee as established under subsection (c). (ii) New submission to established file Each person that makes a submission to a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, where such file was established prior to October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee for the first submission on or after October 1, 2023, as established under subsection (c). (B) Payment (i) New file request The fee required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be due upon submission of the request to establish the generic investigational new animal drug file. (ii) New submission to established file The fee required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be due upon the first submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file. (C) Exceptions (i) Terminating an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to terminate that file, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. (ii) Transferring an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to transfer that file to a different generic new animal drug sponsor, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 741(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; and (B) by striking $18,336,340 and inserting $25,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking 25 percent and inserting 20 percent ; and (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: and fees under subsection (a)(4) (relating to generic investigational new animal drug files) ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent ; and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 741(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting The Secretary shall establish, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, for that fiscal year— (A) abbreviated application fees that are based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b), the adjustments provided under this subsection, and the amount of fees anticipated to be collected under subsection (a)(4) during that fiscal year; (B) generic new animal drug sponsor fees, and generic new animal drug product fees, based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (C) a generic investigational new animal drug file fee of $50,000 for each request or submission described in subsection (a)(4)(A). . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 741(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustment Section 741(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; (ii) in clause (i)— (I) by striking and investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions and inserting investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions, requests to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file, and generic investigational new animal drug meeting requests ; and (II) by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) if the workload adjustment calculated by the Secretary under clause (i) exceeds 25 percent, the Secretary shall use 25 percent for the adjustment; and ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2021 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (4) Final year adjustment Section 741(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(4) ) is amended— (A) by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 ; and (B) by striking 2024 and inserting 2029 . (d) Fee waiver or reduction; exemption from fees Subsection (d) of section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Fee waiver or reduction The Secretary shall grant a waiver from, or a reduction of, one or more fees assessed under subsection (a) where the Secretary finds that the generic new animal drug is intended solely to provide for a minor use or minor species indication. . (e) Effect of failure to pay fees Section 741(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(e) ) is amended by striking The Secretary may discontinue and inserting A request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file that is submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for action by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid. The Secretary may discontinue . (f) Assessment of fees Section 741(f)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(f)(2)) is amended by striking sponsors, and generic new animal drug products at any time and inserting products, generic new animal drug sponsors, and generic investigational new animal drug files at any time . (g) Crediting and availability of fees Section 741(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; (2) by striking the second paragraph (4) (relating to Offset), as added by section 202 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 ( Public Law 113–14 ); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) Recovery of collection shortfalls The amount of fees otherwise authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased— (A) for fiscal year 2026, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2024 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2024 under paragraph (3); (B) for fiscal year 2027, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2025 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2025 under paragraph (3); and (C) for fiscal year 2028, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (including estimated collections for fiscal year 2027) falls below the amount of fees authorized for such fiscal years under paragraph (3). . (h) Definitions Section 741(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(k) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (13), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Generic investigational new animal drug meeting request The term generic investigational new animal drug meeting request means a request submitted by a generic new animal drug sponsor to meet with the Secretary to discuss an investigational submission for a generic new animal drug. ; (3) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following: (I) The activities necessary for exploration and implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to generic new animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. ; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following: (12) Request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file The term request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file means the submission to the Secretary of a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file to contain investigational submissions for a generic new animal drug. . 2313. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–22 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 . 2314. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2315. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of enactment of this Act. 2316. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 22) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 206 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. B Public Health Extenders 2321. Extension for community health centers, national health service corps, and teaching health centers that operate gme programs (a) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Section 340H(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $126,500,000 and inserting $126,500,000 ; and (2) by inserting and $16,635,616 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, before to remain available . (b) Extension for community health centers Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $4,000,000,000 and inserting , $4,000,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting , and $526,027,397 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 before the semicolon. (c) Extension for the national health service corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (I) $40,767,123 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. . (d) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. ). (e) Technical and conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Other Extensions Act,, and inserting Other Extensions Act, ; and (2) by striking and section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. and inserting section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and section 2321(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2322. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for indians Section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . C Necessary Authorities To Respond to Threats 2331. Extension of authority to make certain appointments of national disaster medical system personnel Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2332. Temporary reassignment of state and local personnel during a public health emergency Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2333. Extension of national advisory committees (a) National advisory committee on children and disasters Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (b) National advisory committee on seniors and disasters Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (c) National advisory committee on individuals with disabilities and disasters Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . D Medicaid 2341. DSH delay Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting For the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 ; and (B) in subclauses (I) and (II), by inserting or period after the fiscal year each place it appears; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting for the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. . 2342. Mif reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $7,000,000,000 and inserting $6,357,117,810 . E Human Services 2351. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through November 17, 2023, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2023, 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. 2352. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) by inserting (or, with respect to such period, for fiscal year 2024) after for the fiscal year ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or period after fiscal year each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1) after 2023 ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (or, with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1)) after for the fiscal year ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1), after 2023, . 2353. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) in clause (i), by inserting or period after for the fiscal year ; (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting the following after the period: The previous sentence shall not apply with respect to State allotments under this paragraph for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. ; and (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (I) by inserting or the period described in subparagraph (A) after for a fiscal year ; and (II) by inserting or period after the fiscal year ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting or the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after for a fiscal year ; and (ii) by inserting or period after such fiscal year ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after fiscal years 2010 through 2023 ; (ii) by inserting and for the period so described after fiscal years 2012 through 2023 ; and (iii) by inserting or the period so described after for a fiscal year ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking From and inserting Subject to paragraph (3), from ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Exception Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (f) for the period described in subsection (a)(1)(A). ; and (3) in subsection (f), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 . IV Budgetary Effects 2401. 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.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5860 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Division A—Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Extensions and other matters Title II—FAA Extension Title III—Health and Human Services 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, 2024 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 2024, 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 2023 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 2023, 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, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 729, and including the matter under the headings Food for Peace Title II Grants and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants in title I of division M of Public Law 117–328 , the matter under the headings Agricultural Research Service—Buildings and Facilities , Food Safety and Inspection Service , Rural Housing Service— Rural Community Facilities Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $25,300,000 for $75,300,000 ), and Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $60,000,000 for $325,000,000 ) in title I of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and section 2102 in title I of such division N. (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 540, and except section 521(d)(1) shall be applied by substituting $122,572,000 for $705,768,000 , and including the matter under the headings Federal Prison System—Buildings and Facilities and National Science Foundation—STEM Education (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $92,000,000 for $217,000,000 ) in title II of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and the second paragraph under each of the headings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $42,000,000 for $62,000,000 ), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction , National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration , and National Science Foundation—Research and Related Activities (except all that follows after 2024 in such paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting $608,162,000 for $818,162,000 ) in title II of such division N. (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public Law 117–328 ). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division D of Public Law 117–328 ), except the first proviso under the heading SPR Petroleum Account , and except the second paragraph under the heading Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program , and including the matter under the heading Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy in title III of division M of Public Law 117–328 and the second paragraph under each of the headings Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Construction and Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Operation and Maintenance in title IV of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 (division E of Public Law 117–328 ). (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 (division F of Public Law 117–328 ), section 2602 of title VI of division N of Public Law 117–328 , and title III of division O of Public Law 117–328 . (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division G of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 443, and including the second paragraph under each of the headings Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Related Agencies—Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management in title VII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division H of Public Law 117–328 ), section 145 of division A of Public Law 117–180 , and the second paragraph under the heading Administration for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance in title VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 . (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023 (division I of Public Law 117–328 ), and section 6 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 117–328 . (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division J of Public Law 117–328 ). (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ), except section 7069, and including the matter under the headings Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic Programs (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $87,054,000 for $147,054,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—International Disaster Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $637,902,000 for $937,902,000 ), Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of State—Migration and Refugee Assistance (except all that follows after expended in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $915,048,000 for $1,535,048,000 ), and International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (except all that follows after 2024 in such matter and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting $74,996,000 for $374,996,000 ) in title VII of division M of Public Law 117–328 . (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117–328 ), except sections 153 and 420, and including the matter under the headings Public and Indian Housing— Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Housing Programs—Project-Based Rental Assistance in title X of division N of Public Law 117–328 . 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 2023 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2023 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 2023. (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 2023. 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 2024, 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 2024 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) November 17, 2023. 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 2024 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 2023, except the matter under the heading Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund in title II of division J of Public Law 117–328 , 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 2023, 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 2023 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 2023, 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) (1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act from amounts provided by division M or N of Public Law 117–328 , each section or paragraph of an account providing each such amount, as applicable, shall be applied as if that section or paragraph ended with the following sentence: The amount provided herein is 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. . (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is designated by the Congress as being 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, respectively. (b) (1) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was specified to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of such concurrent resolution and section 1(g) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of such Act, respectively. (2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(j) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act, respectively. (3) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Department of Health and Human Services— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(h) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act, respectively. (4) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses that was specified to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act, respectively. (c) Each amount designated in this Act 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 shall be available (or repurposed or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 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, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 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, 2023, 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. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance Program may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized by section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949. 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, 2023 . 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Salaries and Expenses may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to administer broadband programs. 122. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ) under the heading National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Space Operations that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, respectively, are to remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 123. For purposes of 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, each reference in such section to 36 years or 36-year period shall be deemed a reference to 36 years and 17 days or 36-year and 17-day period , respectively. 124. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding) in an amount not to exceed $621,270,000 for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. 125. During the period covered by this Act, section 714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting four years for two years . 126. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses in division E of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $219,076,000 for $190,784,000 . 127. 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, 2023 (title IV of division E of Public Law 117–328 ) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25–161), as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act. 128. 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. ). 129. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund , there is appropriated $16,000,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be transferred to Office of the Inspector General—Operations and Support for audits and investigations of activities funded under Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund and $15,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ): Provided , That such amount is 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. 130. (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, 2023, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2023. 131. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1525(a) ) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2023 . 132. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management and Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management shall be available for the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58 and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to continue to fund such base salary increase. 133. 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 2023, 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. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division J of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by substituting fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2018, and fiscal year 2019 for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 . 135. The authority provided by section 2401 of the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117–43 ) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the heading Bilateral Economic Assistance—Independent Agencies—Millennium Challenge Corporation in title III of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by inserting the following new provisos before the last proviso: Provided further , That the member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B)(ii) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B)(ii) ), whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall continue to serve in such appointment until March 31, 2024: Provided further , That in the event that a new member of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B) ) is appointed prior to March 31, 2024, the term of the member of the Board whose term began on September 16, 2019, shall terminate as of the date of such appointment: . 137. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment in title I of division L of Public Law 117–328 shall be applied by substituting $617,000,000 for $570,000,000 and substituting $2,174,200,000 for $2,221,200,000 . B Other Matters I Extensions and other matters 2101. Extension of certain provisions of the compact of free association with the federated states of micronesia and the federal program and services agreements with the federated states of micronesia and the republic of the marshall islands (a) Grant and other financial assistance (1) In general During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, any activities described in sections 211, 212, and 215 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreements described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 462(b) of that Compact. (2) Funding There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the activities authorized under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for those activities for fiscal year 2023. (b) Federal programs and services During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on the date on which a new Federal programs and services agreement with the applicable country enters into force, any activities described in sections 131, 132, and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108–188 ) and sections 131, 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 the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act shall, with the mutual consent of the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, continue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2023 under the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201(a) of that Act and the agreement described in section 462(b)(1) of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands set forth in section 201(b) of that Act, respectively. 2102. Extension of deadline to promulgate certain regulations Section 413(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5373(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 months and inserting 38 months ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking 30 months and inserting 50 months . II FAA Extension A Federal Aviation Programs 2201. Airport improvement program (a) Authorization of appropriations Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking the and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) $842,076,502 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (b) Obligation authority Subject to limitations specified in advance in appropriation Acts, sums made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) may be obligated at any time through September 30, 2024, and shall remain available until expended. (c) Program implementation For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— (1) first calculate such funding apportionments on an annualized basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of such title for fiscal year 2024 was $3,350,000,000; and (2) then reduce by 75 percent— (A) all funding apportionment amounts calculated under paragraph (1); and (B) amounts made available pursuant to subsections (b) and (f)(2) of section 47117 of such title. (d) Extension of project grant authority Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking September 30, 2023, and inserting December 31, 2023, . (e) Extension of special rule for apportionments Section 47114(c)(1)(J) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 to and inserting 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, to . 2202. Extension of expiring authorities; miscellaneous authorizations (a) Authority to provide insurance Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Unmanned aircraft test ranges Section 44803(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems Section 44807(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (d) Extension of airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement Section 44810(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (e) Competitive access reporting requirement Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (f) Marshall islands, micronesia, and palau Section 47115(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (g) Supplemental discretionary funds Section 47115(j)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: (vi) $140,401,803 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (h) Compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (i) Non-movement area surveillance pilot program Section 47143(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (j) Weather reporting programs Section 48105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) $9,803,278 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . (k) Learning period Section 50905(c)(9) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (l) Midway island airport Section 186(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( Public Law 108–176 ; 117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (m) Final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility Section 409(d) of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (n) Contract weather observers Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (o) Remote tower pilot program Section 161(a)(10) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47104 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (p) Airport access roads in remote locations; storage facilities for snow removal equipment Section 162 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 47102 note) is amended by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (q) UAS remote detection and identification pilot program Section 372(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44810 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (r) Advisory committee for aviation consumer protection Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 42301 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (s) Aviation consumer advocate Section 424(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 42302 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (t) Advisory committee on air travel needs of passengers with disabilities Section 439(g) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 41705 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (u) Enhanced traffic services Section 547(e) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 40103 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (v) Pilot program for redevelopment of airport properties Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . 2203. Federal aviation administration operations Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (E) by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) $2,995,027,322 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. ; and (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023 after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . 2204. Air navigation facilities and equipment Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) $740,273,224 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2205. Research, engineering, and development Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (14), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (15) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (16) $64,098,360 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023. . 2206. Small community air service (a) Essential air service authorization Section 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2023, and $89,191,486 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, . (b) Airports not receiving sufficient service Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting , and $2,513,661 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, after fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . B Aviation Revenue Provisions 2211. Expenditure authority from airport and airway trust fund (a) In general Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 ; and (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting or title II of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act; . (b) Conforming amendment Section 9502(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . 2212. Extension of taxes funding airport and airway trust fund (a) Fuel taxes Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (b) Ticket taxes (1) Persons Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Property Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (c) Fractional ownership programs (1) Fuel tax Section 4043(d) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . (2) Treatment as noncommercial aviation Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023 and inserting January 1, 2024 . (3) Exemption from ticket tax Section 4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2023 . C Expiring Counter-UAS Authorities 2221. 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 on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section and inserting on November 18, 2023 . III Health and Human Services A Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments 1 Fees relating to animal drugs 2301. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the animal drug development process and the review of new and supplemental animal drug applications and investigational animal drug submissions as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2302. Definitions Section 739 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking national drug code and inserting National Drug Code ; and (2) by amending paragraph (8)(I) to read as follows: (I) The activities necessary for implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. . 2303. Authority to assess and use animal drug fees (a) In general Section 740(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 12(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (III) an application for conditional approval under section 571 of a new animal drug for which an animal drug application submitted under section 512(b)(1) has been previously approved under section 512(d)(1) for another intended use. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 740(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(b)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) In general Subject to subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g), for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the fees required under subsection (a) shall be established to generate a total revenue amount of $33,500,000. . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 740(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting Not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall— (A) establish for that fiscal year animal drug application fees, supplemental animal drug application fees, animal drug sponsor fees, animal drug establishment fees, and animal drug product fees based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (B) publish such fee revenue amounts and fees in the Federal Register. . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 740(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustments Section 740(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (I) by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (II) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting subparagraph (B) ; (ii) in clause (i) by striking and at the end; and (iii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) such adjustment shall be made for each fiscal year that the adjustment determined by the Secretary is greater than 3 percent, except for the first fiscal year that the adjustment is greater than 3 percent; and (iii) the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the amount of such adjustment and the supporting methodologies. ; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (4) Final year adjustment Section 740(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(c)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Operating reserve adjustment (A) In general For fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, after the fee revenue amount established under subsection (b) is adjusted in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall— (i) increase the fee revenue amount for such fiscal year, if necessary to provide an operating reserve of not less than 12 weeks; or (ii) if the Secretary has an operating reserve in excess of the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall decrease the fee revenue amount to provide not more than the number of weeks specified in subparagraph (C) for that fiscal year. (B) Carryover user fees For purposes of this paragraph, the operating reserve of carryover user fees for the process for the review of animal drug applications does not include carryover user fees that have not been appropriated. (C) Number of weeks of operating reserves The number of weeks of operating reserves specified in this subparagraph is— (i) 22 weeks for fiscal year 2025; (ii) 20 weeks for fiscal year 2026; (iii) 18 weeks for fiscal year 2027; and (iv) 16 weeks for fiscal year 2028. (D) Publication If an adjustment to the operating reserve is made under this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice under paragraph (1) the rationale for the amount of the adjustment and the supporting methodologies. . (d) Exemption from fees Section 740(d)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(d)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) Exemption from fees Fees under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any person who is the named applicant or sponsor of an animal drug application, supplemental animal drug application, or investigational animal drug submission if such application or submission involves the intentional genomic alteration of an animal that is intended to produce a drug, device, or biological product subject to fees under section 736, 738, 744B, or 744H. . (e) Crediting and availability of fees (1) Authorization of appropriations Section 740(g)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g)(3) ) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 . (2) Collection shortfalls Section 740(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–12(g) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and paragraph (5) ; and (B) by striking paragraph (5). 2304. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 . 2305. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2306. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 4 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for animal drug applications and supplemental animal drug applications received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act. 2307. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Sections 739 and 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 21 U.S.C. 379j–11 ; 379j–12) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 740A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–13 ) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 107 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. 2 Fees relating to generic animal drugs 2311. Short title; finding (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 . (b) Finding Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this chapter will be dedicated toward expediting the generic new animal drug development process and the review of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, and investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate as set forth in the Congressional Record. 2312. Authority to assess and use generic new animal drug fees (a) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee Section 741(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Generic investigational new animal drug file fee (A) In general (i) New file request Each person that submits a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee as established under subsection (c). (ii) New submission to established file Each person that makes a submission to a generic investigational new animal drug file on or after October 1, 2023, where such file was established prior to October 1, 2023, shall be assessed a fee for the first submission on or after October 1, 2023, as established under subsection (c). (B) Payment (i) New file request The fee required by subparagraph (A)(i) shall be due upon submission of the request to establish the generic investigational new animal drug file. (ii) New submission to established file The fee required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be due upon the first submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file. (C) Exceptions (i) Terminating an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to terminate that file, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. (ii) Transferring an existing generic investigational new animal drug file If a person makes a submission to the generic investigational new animal drug file to transfer that file to a different generic new animal drug sponsor, the person shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A)(ii) for that submission. . (b) Fee revenue amounts Section 741(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; and (B) by striking $18,336,340 and inserting $25,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking 25 percent and inserting 20 percent ; and (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: and fees under subsection (a)(4) (relating to generic investigational new animal drug files) ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent ; and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 37.5 percent and inserting 40 percent . (c) Annual fee setting; adjustments (1) Annual fee setting Section 741(c)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Annual fee setting The Secretary shall establish, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2023, for that fiscal year— (A) abbreviated application fees that are based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b), the adjustments provided under this subsection, and the amount of fees anticipated to be collected under subsection (a)(4) during that fiscal year; (B) generic new animal drug sponsor fees, and generic new animal drug product fees, based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection; and (C) a generic investigational new animal drug file fee of $50,000 for each request or submission described in subsection (a)(4)(A). . (2) Inflation adjustment Section 741(c)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; and (ii) in clause (iii), by striking Baltimore and inserting Arlington-Alexandria ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 . (3) Workload adjustment Section 741(c)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2020 and inserting 2025 ; (ii) in clause (i)— (I) by striking and investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions and inserting investigational generic new animal drug protocol submissions, requests to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file, and generic investigational new animal drug meeting requests ; and (II) by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) if the workload adjustment calculated by the Secretary under clause (i) exceeds 25 percent, the Secretary shall use 25 percent for the adjustment; and ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2021 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2028 . (4) Final year adjustment Section 741(c)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(4) ) is amended— (A) by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 ; and (B) by striking 2024 and inserting 2029 . (d) Fee waiver or reduction; exemption from fees Subsection (d) of section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Fee waiver or reduction The Secretary shall grant a waiver from, or a reduction of, one or more fees assessed under subsection (a) where the Secretary finds that the generic new animal drug is intended solely to provide for a minor use or minor species indication. . (e) Effect of failure to pay fees Section 741(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(e) ) is amended by striking The Secretary may discontinue and inserting A request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file that is submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for action by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid. The Secretary may discontinue . (f) Assessment of fees Section 741(f)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 21(f)(2)) is amended by striking sponsors, and generic new animal drug products at any time and inserting products, generic new animal drug sponsors, and generic investigational new animal drug files at any time . (g) Crediting and availability of fees Section 741(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2024 through 2028 ; (2) by striking the second paragraph (4) (relating to Offset), as added by section 202 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 ( Public Law 113–14 ); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) Recovery of collection shortfalls The amount of fees otherwise authorized to be collected under this section shall be increased— (A) for fiscal year 2026, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2024 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2024 under paragraph (3); (B) for fiscal year 2027, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal year 2025 falls below the amount of fees authorized for fiscal year 2025 under paragraph (3); and (C) for fiscal year 2028, by the amount, if any, by which the amount collected under this section and appropriated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (including estimated collections for fiscal year 2027) falls below the amount of fees authorized for such fiscal years under paragraph (3). . (h) Definitions Section 741(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(k) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (13), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Generic investigational new animal drug meeting request The term generic investigational new animal drug meeting request means a request submitted by a generic new animal drug sponsor to meet with the Secretary to discuss an investigational submission for a generic new animal drug. ; (3) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following: (I) The activities necessary for exploration and implementation of the United States and European Union Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections, and the United States and United Kingdom Mutual Recognition Agreement Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices, and other mutual recognition agreements, with respect to generic new animal drug products subject to review, including implementation activities prior to and following product approval. ; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following: (12) Request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file The term request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file means the submission to the Secretary of a request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file to contain investigational submissions for a generic new animal drug. . 2313. Reauthorization; reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–22 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (2) by striking 2019 each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 2024 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2028 . 2314. Savings clause Notwithstanding the amendments made by this chapter, part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter, shall continue to be in effect with respect to abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2018, but before October 1, 2023, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2024. 2315. Effective date The amendments made by this chapter shall take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 5 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 et seq. ), as amended by this chapter, shall be assessed for abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug and supplemental abbreviated applications for a generic new animal drug received on or after October 1, 2023, regardless of the date of enactment of this Act. 2316. Sunset dates (a) Authorization Section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 379j–21 ) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2028. (b) Reporting requirements Section 742 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 22) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2029. (c) Previous sunset provision Effective October 1, 2023, subsections (a) and (b) of section 206 of the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 ( Public Law 115–234 ) are repealed. B Public Health Extenders 2321. Extension for community health centers, national health service corps, and teaching health centers that operate gme programs (a) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Section 340H(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $126,500,000 and inserting $126,500,000 ; and (2) by inserting and $16,635,616 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, before to remain available . (b) Extension for community health centers Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F) ) is amended— (1) by striking and $4,000,000,000 and inserting , $4,000,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting , and $526,027,397 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 before the semicolon. (c) Extension for the national health service corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (I) $40,767,123 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. . (d) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. ). (e) Technical and conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Other Extensions Act,, and inserting Other Extensions Act, ; and (2) by striking and section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. and inserting section 301(d) of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and section 2321(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act . 2322. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for indians Section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) $19,726,027 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, to remain available until expended. . C Necessary Authorities To Respond to Threats 2331. Extension of authority to make certain appointments of national disaster medical system personnel Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2332. Temporary reassignment of state and local personnel during a public health emergency Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . 2333. Extension of national advisory committees (a) National advisory committee on children and disasters Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (b) National advisory committee on seniors and disasters Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . (c) National advisory committee on individuals with disabilities and disasters Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting November 17, 2023 . D Medicaid 2341. DSH delay Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting For the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 ; and (B) in subclauses (I) and (II), by inserting or period after the fiscal year each place it appears; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 and inserting for the period beginning November 18, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. . 2342. Mif reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $7,000,000,000 and inserting $6,357,117,810 . E Human Services 2351. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through November 17, 2023, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2023, 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. 2352. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) by inserting (or, with respect to such period, for fiscal year 2024) after for the fiscal year ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or period after fiscal year each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1) after 2023 ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (or, with respect to fiscal year 2024, for the period described in paragraph (1)) after for the fiscal year ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1), after 2023, . 2353. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023 after 2023 ; and (II) in clause (i), by inserting or period after for the fiscal year ; (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting the following after the period: The previous sentence shall not apply with respect to State allotments under this paragraph for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023. ; and (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (I) by inserting or the period described in subparagraph (A) after for a fiscal year ; and (II) by inserting or period after the fiscal year ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting or the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after for a fiscal year ; and (ii) by inserting or period after such fiscal year ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting and for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) after fiscal years 2010 through 2023 ; (ii) by inserting and for the period so described after fiscal years 2012 through 2023 ; and (iii) by inserting or the period so described after for a fiscal year ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking From and inserting Subject to paragraph (3), from ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Exception Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (f) for the period described in subsection (a)(1)(A). ; and (3) in subsection (f), by inserting , and for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023 after 2023 . IV Budgetary Effects 2401. 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 30, 2023. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.