Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2872
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-26
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
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 education

Agricultural marketing and promotion

Alabama

Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Allergies

Alliances

Alternative and renewable resources

Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration

Alternative treatments

American Battle Monuments Commission

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

Birds

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 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

Digital media

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

Executive agency funding and structure

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

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

Hunting and fishing

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

Interagency Council on Homelessness

Intergovernmental relations

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-19
text: Became Public Law No: 118-35.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill modifies provisions regarding the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, commonly referred to as the <em>duck stamp</em>, including to require an individual to be carrying an electronic stamp, validated by a paper stamp, at the time of taking waterfowl.</p> <p>The bill requires states to issue electronic stamps at the time of purchase and to issue paper stamps after March 10 each year to each individual who purchased an electronic stamp in the preceding year. The electronic stamps are valid until the first June 30 after issuance.</p>

action_date: 2023-09-14
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p>This bill modifies provisions regarding the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, commonly referred to as the <em>duck stamp</em>, including to require an individual to be carrying an electronic stamp, validated by a paper stamp, at the time of taking waterfowl.</p> <p>The bill requires states to issue electronic stamps at the time of purchase and the Department of the Interior to issue paper stamps after March 10 each year to each individual who purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl seasons. The electronic stamps are valid until the first June 30 after issuance.</p>

action_date: 2023-09-20
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill modifies provisions regarding the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, commonly referred to as the <em>duck stamp</em>, including to require an individual to be carrying an electronic stamp, validated by a paper stamp, at the time of taking waterfowl.</p> <p>The bill requires states to issue electronic stamps at the time of purchase and the Department of the Interior to issue paper stamps after March 10 each year to each individual who purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl seasons. The electronic stamps are valid until the first June 30 after issuance.</p>

action_date: 2024-01-18
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024</b></p> <p>This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. The bill also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs. </p> <p>DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 </p> <p><i>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 </i> </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. 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 the existing CR expires. </p> <p>The CR provides funding through March 1, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts: </p> <ul> <li> the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and </li> <li> the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. </li> </ul> <p>(Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through January 19, 2024.) </p> <p>For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through March 8, 2024. (Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through February 2, 2024.) </p> <p>The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. </p> <p>In addition, the CR allows the Department of Defense to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. </p> <p>The CR also extends the authority for the U.S. Parole Commission. </p> <p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS </p> <p> TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p> <p>Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. 102) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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>(Sec. 103) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that prohibit the disclosure of information about Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that could compromise national security (e.g., information regarding biomedical threats). </p> <p>The section extends provisions that authorize HHS to engage with developers of medical countermeasures, and that provide for related antitrust exemptions, for the purpose of furthering product development. </p> <p>Additionally, the section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, the authority of 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. </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>Subtitle B--Medicaid </p> <p>(Sec. 121) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until March 9, 2024. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) </p> <p>(Sec. 122) 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 C--Medicare </p> <p>(Sec. 131) This section extends through March 8, 2024, certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index with respect to payments for physician services under Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 132) This section reduces funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund. </p> <p>Subtitle D--Human Services </p> <p>(Sec. 141) This section funds through March 8, 2024, 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. 142) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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. 143) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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 II--COMPACTS</p> <p>(Sec. 201) This section extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that provide grants and other financial assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. </p> <p>TITLE III--COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITIES</p> <p>(Sec. 301) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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 IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p> <p>(Sec. 401) 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: 2024-01-18
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment
text: <p><b>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024</b></p> <p>This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. The bill also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs. </p> <p>DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 </p> <p><i>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 </i> </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. 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 the existing CR expires. </p> <p>The CR provides funding through March 1, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts: </p> <ul> <li> the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and </li> <li> the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. </li> </ul> <p>(Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through January 19, 2024.) </p> <p>For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through March 8, 2024. (Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through February 2, 2024.) </p> <p>The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. </p> <p>In addition, the CR allows the Department of Defense to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. </p> <p>The CR also extends the authority for the U.S. Parole Commission. </p> <p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS </p> <p> TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p> <p>Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. 102) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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>(Sec. 103) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that prohibit the disclosure of information about Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that could compromise national security (e.g., information regarding biomedical threats). </p> <p>The section extends provisions that authorize HHS to engage with developers of medical countermeasures, and that provide for related antitrust exemptions, for the purpose of furthering product development. </p> <p>Additionally, the section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, the authority of 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. </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>Subtitle B--Medicaid </p> <p>(Sec. 121) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until March 9, 2024. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) </p> <p>(Sec. 122) 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 C--Medicare </p> <p>(Sec. 131) This section extends through March 8, 2024, certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index with respect to payments for physician services under Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 132) This section reduces funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund. </p> <p>Subtitle D--Human Services </p> <p>(Sec. 141) This section funds through March 8, 2024, 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. 142) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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. 143) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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 II--COMPACTS</p> <p>(Sec. 201) This section extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that provide grants and other financial assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. </p> <p>TITLE III--COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITIES</p> <p>(Sec. 301) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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 IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p> <p>(Sec. 401) 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: 2024-01-19
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024</b></p> <p>This act provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. The act also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs. </p> <p>DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 </p> <p><i>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 </i> </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. 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 the existing CR expires. </p> <p>The CR provides funding through March 1, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts: </p> <ul> <li> the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; </li> <li> the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and </li> <li> the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. </li> </ul> <p>(Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through January 19, 2024.) </p> <p>For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through March 8, 2024. (Under the current CR, these agencies and programs are funded through February 2, 2024.) </p> <p>The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. </p> <p>In addition, the CR allows the Department of Defense to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. </p> <p>The CR also extends the authority for the U.S. Parole Commission. </p> <p>DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS </p> <p> TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</p> <p>Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders </p> <p>(Sec. 101) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. 102) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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>(Sec. 103) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that prohibit the disclosure of information about Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that could compromise national security (e.g., information regarding biomedical threats). </p> <p>The section extends provisions that authorize HHS to engage with developers of medical countermeasures, and that provide for related antitrust exemptions, for the purpose of furthering product development. </p> <p>Additionally, the section extends through March 8, 2024, 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. </p> <p>It also extends through March 8, 2024, the authority of 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. </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>Subtitle B--Medicaid </p> <p>(Sec. 121) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until March 9, 2024. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) </p> <p>(Sec. 122) 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 C--Medicare </p> <p>(Sec. 131) This section extends through March 8, 2024, certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index with respect to payments for physician services under Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 132) This section reduces funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund. </p> <p>Subtitle D--Human Services </p> <p>(Sec. 141) This section funds through March 8, 2024, 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. 142) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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. 143) This section extends funding through March 8, 2024, 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 II--COMPACTS</p> <p>(Sec. 201) This section extends through March 8, 2024, provisions that provide grants and other financial assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. </p> <p>TITLE III--COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITIES</p> <p>(Sec. 301) This section extends through March 8, 2024, 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 IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS</p> <p>(Sec. 401) 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: 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H.R. 2872 In the Senate of the United States, January 18, 2024. Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2872) entitled An Act to amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 . 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—Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Health and Human Services Title lI—Compacts Title lII—Counter-UAS Authorities 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 FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–15 ) is further amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting March 8, 2024 ; (2) by striking the date specified in section 106(4) and inserting March 1, 2024 ; (3) in section 123, by striking 94 days and inserting 129 days and by striking 94-day and inserting 129-day ; (4) in section 124, by striking $663,070,000 and inserting $2,199,260,000 ; and (5) by adding after section 146 the following new sections: 147. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activities may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to mitigate issuing WARN notices for 06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 in an amount not to exceed $760,000,000. (b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in this section, and the Secretary of Energy shall provide a weekly report to the Committees specifying the obligations incurred for the purposes specified in subsection (a) with amounts made available in this Act. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Operations may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to fund mandatory pay increases and other inflationary adjustments, to maintain and improve air traffic services, to hire and train air traffic controllers, and to continue aviation safety oversight, while avoiding service reductions. . This division may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 . B Other Matters I Health and Human Services A Public Health Extenders 101. 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)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended by striking and $21,834,247 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $21,834,247 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $16,982,192 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (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 by striking and $690,410,959 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $690,410,959 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $536,986,301 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (c) Extension for the National Health Service Corps Section 10503(b)(2)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)(I) ) is amended by striking and $53,506,849 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $53,506,849 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $41,616,438 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (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) Conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking and section 201(d) of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 and inserting section 201(d) of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, and section 101(d) of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 . 102. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(E) ) is amended by striking and $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for Indians Section 330C(c)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(E) ) is amended by striking and $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . 103. National Health Security Extensions (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (d) (1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . B Medicaid 121. Delaying certain disproportionate share payment cuts Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended by striking January 20, 2024 each place it appears and inserting March 9, 2024 . 122. Medicaid improvement fund reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $5,796,117,810 and inserting $5,140,428,729 . C Medicare 131. Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E) ) is amended by striking January 20, 2024 and inserting March 9, 2024 . 132. Medicare improvement fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking $2,250,795,056 and inserting $2,197,795,056 . D Human Services 141. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through March 8, 2024, 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. 142. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (B) by inserting and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, after January 19, 2024, ; and (2) in subsection (f)(1)— (A) by striking and before for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, ; and (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting , and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023. . 143. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)— (i) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (ii) by inserting and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, after January 19, 2024, ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— (i) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (ii) by inserting , and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 after January 19, 2024 ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking and before for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, ; and (B) by striking fiscal year 2023. and inserting fiscal year 2023, and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023. . II Compacts 201. Extension of certain provisions of the compacts of free association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands Section 2101(a)(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act ( Public Law 118–15 ; 137 Stat. 81; 137 Stat. 114) is amended by striking February 2, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . III Counter-UAS Authorities 301. Counter-UAS Authorities Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking February 3, 2024 and inserting March 9, 2024 . IV Budgetary Effects 401. Budgetary Effects (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Secretary

tv_txt: I One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four H. R. 2872 AN ACT Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 . 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—Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 Division B—Other Matters Title I—Health and Human Services Title lI—Compacts Title lII—Counter-UAS Authorities 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 FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–15 ) is further amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting March 8, 2024 ; (2) by striking the date specified in section 106(4) and inserting March 1, 2024 ; (3) in section 123, by striking 94 days and inserting 129 days and by striking 94-day and inserting 129-day ; (4) in section 124, by striking $663,070,000 and inserting $2,199,260,000 ; and (5) by adding after section 146 the following new sections: 147. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activities may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to mitigate issuing WARN notices for 06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 in an amount not to exceed $760,000,000. (b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in this section, and the Secretary of Energy shall provide a weekly report to the Committees specifying the obligations incurred for the purposes specified in subsection (a) with amounts made available in this Act. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Operations may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to fund mandatory pay increases and other inflationary adjustments, to maintain and improve air traffic services, to hire and train air traffic controllers, and to continue aviation safety oversight, while avoiding service reductions. . This division may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 . B Other Matters I Health and Human Services A Public Health Extenders 101. 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)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g) ) is amended by striking and $21,834,247 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $21,834,247 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $16,982,192 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (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 by striking and $690,410,959 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $690,410,959 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $536,986,301 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (c) Extension for the National Health Service Corps Section 10503(b)(2)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)(I) ) is amended by striking and $53,506,849 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $53,506,849 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $41,616,438 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (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) Conforming amendment Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking and section 201(d) of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 and inserting section 201(d) of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, and section 101(d) of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 . 102. Extension of special diabetes programs (a) Extension of special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(E) ) is amended by striking and $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . (b) Extending funding for special diabetes programs for Indians Section 330C(c)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(E) ) is amended by striking and $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024 and inserting $25,890,411 for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 19, 2024, and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 . 103. National Health Security Extensions (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8) ) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (d) (1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking January 19, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . B Medicaid 121. Delaying certain disproportionate share payment cuts Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A) ) is amended by striking January 20, 2024 each place it appears and inserting March 9, 2024 . 122. Medicaid improvement fund reduction Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking $5,796,117,810 and inserting $5,140,428,729 . C Medicare 131. Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E) ) is amended by striking January 20, 2024 and inserting March 9, 2024 . 132. Medicare improvement fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking $2,250,795,056 and inserting $2,197,795,056 . D Human Services 141. Extension of child and family services programs Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through March 8, 2024, 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. 142. Sexual risk avoidance education extension Section 510 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 710 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (B) by inserting and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, after January 19, 2024, ; and (2) in subsection (f)(1)— (A) by striking and before for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, ; and (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting , and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023. . 143. Personal responsibility education extension Section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)— (i) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (ii) by inserting and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, after January 19, 2024, ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— (i) by striking and after November 17, 2023, ; and (ii) by inserting , and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024 after January 19, 2024 ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking and before for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, ; and (B) by striking fiscal year 2023. and inserting fiscal year 2023, and for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023. . II Compacts 201. Extension of certain provisions of the compacts of free association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands Section 2101(a)(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act ( Public Law 118–15 ; 137 Stat. 81; 137 Stat. 114) is amended by striking February 2, 2024 and inserting March 8, 2024 . III Counter-UAS Authorities 301. Counter-UAS Authorities Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124n(i) ) is amended by striking February 3, 2024 and inserting March 9, 2024 . IV Budgetary Effects 401. Budgetary Effects (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

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

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 243 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2872 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2023 Received November 9, 2023 Read twice and placed on the calendar AN ACT To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Authorizing fully electronic stamps (a) In general Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718r ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; (B) by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; and (C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) upon the date of purchase; and ; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting under subsection (e) before the period at the end; and (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Delivery of actual stamps The Secretary shall issue an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl seasons. . (b) Stamp valid through close of hunting season Section 6 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718s(c) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking shall, during the effective period of the electronic stamp— and inserting shall— ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking for a period agreed to by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days and inserting until the first June 30 that occurs after the date of issuance of such stamp . (c) Electronic stamps as permit Section 1(a)(1) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ( 16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) by inserting as an electronic stamp or after Conservation Stamp, ; and (2) by inserting actual after face of the . (d) Contents of electronic stamp Section 2(3) of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718o(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and ; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) may contain an image of the actual stamp. .

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2023. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

November 9, 2023 Read twice and placed on the calendar

tv_txt: IB 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2872 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Authorizing fully electronic stamps (a) In general Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718r ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; (B) by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; and (C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) upon the date of purchase; and ; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting under subsection (e) before the period at the end; and (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Delivery of actual stamps The Secretary shall issue an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl seasons. . (b) Stamp valid through close of hunting season Section 6 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718s(c) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking shall, during the effective period of the electronic stamp— and inserting shall— ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking for a period agreed to by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days and inserting until the first June 30 that occurs after the date of issuance of such stamp . (c) Electronic stamps as permit Section 1(a)(1) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ( 16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) by inserting as an electronic stamp or after Conservation Stamp, ; and (2) by inserting actual after face of the . (d) Contents of electronic stamp Section 2(3) of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718o(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and ; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) may contain an image of the actual stamp. .

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2023. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 161 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2872 [Report No. 118–198] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2023 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 14, 2023 Additional sponsors: Mr. Duarte and Ms. De La Cruz September 14, 2023 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 26, 2023 A BILL To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow States to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Authorizing fully electronic stamps (a) In general Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718r ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; (B) by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; and (C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) upon the date of purchase; and ; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting under subsection (e) before the period at the end; and (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Delivery of actual stamps The Secretary shall issue an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl seasons. . (b) Stamp valid through close of hunting season Section 6 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718s(c) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking shall, during the effective period of the electronic stamp— and inserting shall— ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking for a period agreed to by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days and inserting until the first June 30 that occurs after the date of issuance of such stamp . (c) Electronic stamps as permit Section 1(a)(1) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ( 16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) by inserting as an electronic stamp or after Conservation Stamp, ; and (2) by inserting actual after face of the . (d) Contents of electronic stamp Section 2(3) of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718o(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and ; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) may contain an image of the actual stamp. .

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes. .

September 14, 2023 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2872 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2023 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow States to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Authorizing fully electronic stamps (a) In general Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718r ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; (B) by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp ; and (C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) upon the date of purchase; and ; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting under subsection (e) before the period at the end; and (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Delivery of actual stamps A State shall issue an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an electronic stamp from such State during the 1-year period preceding such date. . (b) Stamp valid through close of hunting season Section 6 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718s(c) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking shall, during the effective period of the electronic stamp— and inserting shall— ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking for a period agreed to by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days and inserting until the first June 30 that occurs after the date of issuance of such stamp . (c) Electronic stamps as permit Section 1(a)(1) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act ( 16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) by inserting as an electronic stamp or after Conservation Stamp, ; and (2) by inserting actual after face of the . (d) Contents of electronic stamp Section 2(3) of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 ( 16 U.S.C. 718o(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and ; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) may contain an image of the actual stamp. .